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John Downing: Ireland must hustle hard to maintain its EU political reach by getting McGrath a ‘real job’
The German politician from the European People’s Party (EPP), to which Fine Gael is allied, is favourite to get another five years at the helm of the policy-guiding Brussels executive, but that is not nailed down yet.