According to SPD MEP René Repasi, the new head of the EU Commission could be elected in the first plenary week after the European elections. „This is not about a 200-page coalition agreement, but about guidelines for cooperation and we can negotiate these within 24 hours„, the chairman of the European SPD told journalists on Wednesday. Repasi also pleaded for a mechanism whereby the potential partners would come together again and again for talks during the legislative period.