FILE- In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 file photo, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker arrives on the second day of the EU summit in Brussels. Juncker told German public radio Deutschlandfunk on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, he will not run for another term. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

European Commission President Juncker will not run again

BERLIN – Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, says he will not run for another term.

The 62-year-old Juncker told German public radio Deutschlandfunk on Saturday that looking back at 2014, when he became president, he had a good campaign at the time. But he said “there will not be a second (campaign), because I will not run again.”

The former prime minister of Luxembourg is set to serve his term until 2019.

The European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union.

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