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Bas Eickhout - Dutch MEP, GreenLeft Party

Stephen Sackur speaks to Dutch MEP Bas Eickhout, the Green candidate for European Commission president.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Dutch MEP Bas Eickhout, the Green candidate for European Commission president. After last month’s European election, it is clear that political power inside the European Union is no longer going to be stitched up solely between the centre-left and the centre-right. Europe's Green party will wield significant influence in the next round of EU deal-making, but how much are the Greens prepared to compromise to get things done?

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