MEPs asked to back Juncker

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

All European Commissioners have been summoned to Strasbourg tonight to stand shoulder to shoulder with president, Jean Claude Juncker.

The occasion is a rare vote of confidence by MEPs in Juncker — but of course all the commissioners’ jobs are in theory on the line. However, we can also take from it that Juncker, being an old political warhorse, knows he is not going to lose, and being flanked by his lieutenants will look good.