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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Ursula von der Leyen on track to keep job after EU elections boost

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, speaks at the end of the Summit on Peace in Ukraine in Switzerland on 16.
Von der Leyen speaking at the end of a Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland on Sunday. Photograph: Alessandro Della Valle/EPA

Ursula von der Leyen is on track to remain for a second term as president of the European Commission, as EU leaders meet on Monday for a first discussion on divvying up the bloc’s top jobs.

The EU’s 27 heads of state and government will gather for dinner in Brussels in their first group meeting since European elections last week boosted nationalist and far-right parties and triggered Emmanuel Macron to call snap elections in France.

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