MEPs dig their heels in over Oettinger
It’s hardly the orderly transition of power Jean-Claude Juncker might have hoped for. The president of the European Commission’s plan to install Günther Oettinger as European commissioner for budget and human resources following the resignation of Vice President Kristalina Georgieva is caught in a political firestorm. Oettinger’s use of the term “slant eyes” in reference to the Chinese, the latest in…