(VOVworld) – The European Parliament has approved former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Junker to be President of the European Commission for the 2014-2019 term.

Junker, a member of the European People’s Party (EPP), was nominated to the post by European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels, Belgium on June 27^th. Junker was nominated after the EPP won the majority of votes in the election of the European Parliament in May and backed by 28 European countries except for Britain and Hungary. After being approved, Junker is expected to make a list of European commissioners proposed by the governments of 28 member countries. Junker will succeed incumbent Jose Manuel Barroso of Portugal in November.