BRUSSELS: A deal hatched among several key European leaders to award a former Dutch foreign minister the post of EU chief executive broke down at an emergency summit on Sunday after eastern European and centre-right European leaders rejected the plan.
EU leaders were also meant to choose the next president of the European Central Bank , but that decision seems likely to be postponed for lack of consensus."There's been a centre-right revolt against Timmermans. They stand by their choice," said one senior EU official at the summit. Macron, a centrist, has argued that the centre-right share power after 15 years of dominating the Commission, even though the EPP won the biggest share of seats in the May European Parliament elections and remains the biggest party.
To be appointed, the next Commission president needs the support of at least 72per cent of the 28 member states, who must represent at least 65per cent of the EU population.
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