EU leaders look to set aside embarrassing top jobs impasse
Posted July 02, 2019 7:00 am
BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union leaders are gathering again to try to overcome an embarrassing deadlock over a series of job nominations to key posts at the bloc for at least the next five years.
In one of the longest EU summits in recent years, the leaders are looking Tuesday to name a new president of the EU's powerful executive arm, the European Commission, a president of the European Council and a foreign policy chief.
The European Parliament is set to vote Wednesday on its new president, while the new chairman of the European Central Bank could be named later.
The leaders are struggling to show the EU is still relevant and coherent after the bloc's two traditional center-right and left powers lost votes in May's European elections.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov leaves after an EU summit in Brussels, Monday, July 1, 2019. European Union leaders continued marathon talks on Monday 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. (AP Photo/Riccardo Pareggiani)
The Associated Press
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