French President Emmanuel Macron arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. ___3:20 p.m.German Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken strongly in favor of Manfred Weber to take over the position of EU Commission president. Weber, a member of Merkel’s Christian Democrats in Germany, is the candidate of the center-right EPP bloc in the European parliament. It is preferred by many in the European Parliament but not by French President Emmanuel Macron. Presidents and prime ministers will meet over dinner Tuesday evening to choose who should take over as head of the EU’s powerful executive branch, the European Commission, currently led by Jean-Claude Juncker.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2019 11:19 UTC