His absence from the front line of European politics did not last long. In October 2013 parliamentary elections ended the 18-year-old rule of Jean-Claude Juncker as prime minister of Luxembourg. But just last week the veteran politician was back in the limelight once more when the European People's Party (EPP) – the umbrella group that represents most of the mainstream right-wing political parties in the European Union – voted him in as their leading candidate ahead of elections for the European Parliament on May 25th.
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