Team Juncker clears hurdle

Team Juncker roared past the finishing post in the European Parliament, right on schedule, promising to present a €300 billion plan for investment, growth and jobs within six weeks.

Four of Ireland’s ten MEPs present in the Parliament voted against the former Luxembourg prime minister and his college of 27 Commissioners that includes former Fine Gael environment minister Phil Hogan as Agriculture Commissioner.

They included Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy, Lynn Boylan, Liadh Ní Riada and independent Nessa Childers.