EU leaders agree on top jobs candidates

During a special summit in Brussels, EU leaders reached an agreement on who should get the EU’s top jobs. Ursula von der Leyen (Germany) is to become the new head of the European Commission, while Charles Michel (Belgium) is to be the next president of the European Council. Christine Lagarde (France) will become the head of the European Central Bank and Josep Borrell (Spain) will be the head of the EU diplomacy.

The Polish delegation was satisfied that the leadership of the European Commission did not fall into the hands of the Dutch socialist Frans Timmermans, with whom the Polish government has been in disagreement over rule of law-related issues for several years now.

“If someone was hoping that the choice of someone else than Frans Timmermans would weaken the EU’s determination to make the rule of law the rule everywhere in Europe, he was wrong. On the contrary, our decisions are also decisions supporting the rule of law in Europe and in each particular country,” Donald Tusk, the outgoing head of the European Council, declared.

(PAP)