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Irish Times: Ukraine likely to dominate first day of Dublin Congress

By Irish Times.
On March 6 up to 2,000 delegates arrived in Dublin for the start of the European People's Party (EPP) conference. Due to the emergency meeting of EU leaders on events in Ukraine scheduled in Brussels, the focus of events in Dublin is likely to be Ukraine.
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Up to 2,000 delegates arrive in Dublin today for the start of the European People’s Party (EPP) conference, where the group will pick its preferred candidate to succeed José Manuel Barroso as president of the European Commission. 

Three candidates are seeking the nomination for the position – former
Latvian prime minister Vladis Dombrovskis, EU internal markets
commissioner Michel Barnier and former Luxembourg prime minister Jean-
Claude Juncker. 

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