MEPs elect Jean-Claude Juncker to head EU Commission --- A majority in the European Parliament has approved former Luxembourg PM Jean-Claude Juncker to be President of the European Commission. -- He got 422 votes out of the 729 total cast in the secret ballot, despite strong opposition earlier from Britain. -- He told reporters in Strasbourg he was prepared to discuss repatriating some powers from Brussels to member states. -- A firm believer in EU integration, he will succeed incumbent Jose Manuel Barroso of Portugal in November. -- In a speech to MEPs, he pledged the Commission would be a "political body", not just Europe's civil service. -- He got sustained applause when he said the euro "protects Europe". -- Mr Juncker was well over the 376 votes minimum that he needed. There were 250 votes against him, 47 abstentions and 10 spoilt ballots. -- Mr Juncker, a veteran of Brussels deal-making, was lead candidate of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), which won May's European elections. He played a key role in the eurozone bailouts. -- The presidency is the most powerful job in Brussels. The Commission drafts EU laws, oversees national budgets, enforces EU treaties and negotiates international trade deals. -- On Wednesday EU leaders are expected to nominate a new EU foreign policy chief, to replace Baroness Ashton. --- At his news conference, Mr Juncker reiterated previous comments that any repatriation of powers would be a matter for renegotiation with UK Prime Minister David Cameron and other heads of government of EU states. -- But he said he would be prepared to make a "fair deal" with Britain. -- As chair of the eurozone finance ministers, Mr Juncker steered the massive bailouts for Greece, Portugal and other struggling countries at the height of the euro crisis in 2010-2012. -- He likened that role on Tuesday to "trying to keep a burning plane in the air while repairing it - you burn your fingers sometimes". -- Elsewhere in his speech he said: - More, BBC, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28299335