Merkel sticks to Spitzenkandidat though Macron pushes for EU talks
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Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said Germany still favors picking the “Spitzenkandidat” from a winning party for the post of European Commission president while French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said he didn’t want the process to be automatic.