Timmermans does not see a coup like Blok

the hague - According to Stef Blok (Foreign Affairs), the manner in which Jean-Claude Juncker was appointed President of the European Commission in 2014 was an 'institutional coup d'état.' But Frans Timmermans,...

Blok made his statements in an opinion piece in the Financial Times. According to Timmermans, appointment has been made as agreed in the treaties. The only difference with the past is that the European Parliament has indicated who would like to see it as President of the European Commission.