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EU leaders discuss top jobs after far-right gains in June elections

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council Charles Michel leave after a joint press conference at the end of the European Council summit at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on 18 April, 2024. AFP - KENZO TRIBOUILLARD

EU leaders are gathering in Brussels to discuss – over an informal dinner – how to distribute the European Union's top jobs, with Ursula von der Leyen seemingly on track for a second term heading the European Commission.

Far-right gains in EU-wide elections, which triggered snap polls and political upheaval in France, appear to have focused minds around the positions at the bloc's helm – negotiated among its members with an eye to geographic and political balance.

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