Bookies Top 6 For Next Boss Of Europe

David Cameron, Angela Merkel and other national leaders are meeting in Sweden to decide on their candidate for President of the EU Commission. The Chosen One will become the most powerful person in Europe if approved by the EU Parliament. But who are the top dogs?

6. Pascal Lamy

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He might sound like a biblical sacrifice, but Pascal Lamy is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Once known as the "Beast of Berlaymont", Lamy has been Director-General of the WTO since 2005 and a member of the French Socialist Party since 1969.

BONUS FACT: Lamy has an honorary degree from the University of Warwick.

Odds: 10/1

5. Jyrki Katainen

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He looks like a certain wizard, and Katainen has been magicking up a storm as the Prime Minister of Finland since 2011.

Under his Premiership, Google has invested 800 million Euros in Finland, and Microsoft plans to add another 250 million.

BONUS FACT: Katainen runs marathons and his most recent time was 3.54.23.

Odds: 10/1

4. Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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When not sipping beer, Thorning-Schmidt has been Prime Minister of Denmark since 2011.

She is the first female leader of the Danish Social Democrats and the first female Prime Minister of Denmark... like, ever.

BONUS FACT: Thorning-Schmidt is best known internationally for a controversial "selfie" with David Cameron and Barack Obama at Nelson Mandela's memorial service.

Odds: 8/1

3. Dalia Grybauskaite

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Grybauskaite is the "Iron Lady" or "Steel Magnolia" of Lithuania, but she's slightly more pro-Europe than our late Maggie Thatcher.

Grybauskaite spent 5 years as European Commissioner for the Budget and was voted "Commissioner of the Year" by the European Voice in 2005.

BONUS FACT: Grybauskaitė possesses a black belt in karate.

Odds: 7/1

2. Christine Lagarde

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Sacrebleu! Lagarde is a French lawyer and politician who is not to be pooh-poohed.

She was the first female chairman of law firm Baker & McKenzie, the first female finance minister of a G8 economy, and the first woman to head up the IMF.

BONUS FACT: Lagarde was profiled by U.S. Vogue in September 2011 and spoke of her wardrobe, two divorces and America's "big" economic problem.

Odds: 7/2

And the (Bookies) winner is...

1. Jean-Claude Juncker

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Angela Merkel is gunning for Juncker, but David Cameron claims Luxembourg's former Prime Minister faces stiff opposition in Westminster.

Juncker spent 18 years at the helm of Luxembourg and this makes him the longest-serving head of government of any European Union country.

He is the candidate of choice of the centre-right European People's Party: the trans-national coalition which won the European parliamentary elections in May.

BONUS FACT: In early 2014, Juncker fought claims that he is an alcoholic after Jeroen Dijssebloem, the Dutch finance minister, described him as a "heavy drinker".

Odds: 10/11

No odds on Nigel Farage.