EU leaders close in on top jobs compromiseFrance's President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the press as he arrives for an emergency EU leaders summit to hammer out a deal on the top jobs in the blocBRUSSELS - European leaders returned to Brussels for the second time in ten days Sunday to hammer out a deal on the top jobs in their union. The 28 leaders hope to agree candidates for president of the European Commission, president of their own Council and a foreign policy chief. A successful nominee for for Commission president needs to votes of 21 of the 28 leaders, representing 65 percent of the EU's population. Other lead candidates are Timmermans and the EU competition commissioner Vestager, who was long seen as a possible compromise pick. Macron insists the "lead candidate" process for assigning the posts is unworkable and that the 28 national leaders must alone decide.

Source: Bangkok Post June 30, 2019 15:45 UTC