Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission’s new president, comfortably survived a no-confidence vote on Thursday that was prompted by news that Luxembourg lured multinational businesses with super-low tax rates during his tenure as its prime minister. The censure motion in the European Parliament was defeated, 461 to 101. But the vote was hardly an auspicious start for Juncker, under fire in his first month in office both over his role when he was Luxembourg’s leader and over a potential conflict of interest as head of a commission examining tax avoidance.
