Brussels, Belgium – June 17, 2024 Storyline: Leaders of European Union (EU) countries on Monday failed to reach a final agreement on candidates for the bloc’s top jobs despite lengthy talks at an informal summit in Brussels, Belgium. An appointment plan for EU’s top positions which was floated by all parties before the informal dinner, showed Ursula von der Leyen for a second term of the European Commission president, Portugal’s former primer minister Antonio Costa as the president of the European Council,…
