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Въпреки избора на Жан-Клод Юнкер за председател на Европейската комисия, британският премиер Дейвид Камерън е обнадежден от подкрепата на Швеция и Германия за реформи в Европейския съюз, съобщи Би Би Си. Великобритания настоя за безпрецедентно гласуване, за да блокира избора на Жан-Клод Юнкер, който е привърженик на по-близкия политичесси съюз, но европейските лидери го подкрепиха с 26 гласа „за” и 2 „против”. Швеция подкрепи Юнкер, но след гласуването премиерът Фредрик Райнфелд декларира, че „по-близкият съюз не е за всеки”. Той се позова на документ, подписан от евроепйските лидери, в който се казва, че идеята за по-близък съюз не е задължителна за всяка страна-членка. Германският канцлер Ангела Меркел изтъкна, че е готова да обърне внимание на тревогите на Великобритания. Тя отбеляза, че споделя вижданията на Лондон как трябва да изглежда ЕС. Британските лейбъристи в опозиция заявиха, че гласуването в петък е било унизително за Камерън, но премиерът посочи, че това не е краят. Той допълни, че няма да се откаже от битката за реформи в ЕС и отнемане на част от правомощията на Брюксел. Камерън обаче призна, че това е бил ”лош ден за Европа”. „Изборът на Юнкер застрашава позициите на националните правителства и парламенти и дава нови правомощия на европейския парламент”, изтъкна британският премиер.
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The European Commission said on Wednesday that low-fare airline Ryanair must repay about €9.6 million in illegal state aid it received for its operations in several French regional airports. The Commission, the European Union's executive arm, said Ryanair would have to repay €868,000 in relation to rebates and marketing arrangements negotiated at Angouleme airport in central France. Russia's ties with the European Union are undergoing "serious tests" but can be improved, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the next president of the European Commission on Tuesday. The Kremlin said in a statement Putin had congratulated former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude-Juncker after he was approved in his new role by the European Parliament. The European Commission has decided to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for not properly applying the rules on red diesel. 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