European Union leaders start another marathon session of talks desperately seeking a breakthrough in a diplomatic fight over who should be picked for a half dozen of jobs at the top of EU institutions.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, left, speaks with European Council President Donald Tusk during a meeting on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels, Sunday, June 30, 2019.
There was hope at the June 20-21 summit that the extra week could bring views closer together over who will replace Juncker as commission president. German Chancellor Angela Merkel backs German conservative Manfred Weber, whose center-right European People’s Party is the largest political group in the European Parliament but lost seats in the EU vote in May.
She said there was still a good possibility for Weber and the Socialist top candidate Frans Timmermans of the Netherlands to be among the winners on Sunday.EU leaders want to fill the positions soon because the European Parliament is set to pick a new president next Wednesday. Tusk has warned that he will keep the leaders overnight and through early Monday if necessary.
The job responsibilities are huge: Tusk and Juncker negotiate with the likes of U.S. President Donald Trump or Chinese leader Xi Jinping, while the head of the ECB can set monetary policy for the 19 nations who use the shared euro currency.
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