EU Leaders To Hold Summit May 28 On Top Brussels Jobs

All 28 leaders of European Union governments will meet on May 28 to launch the process of choosing a new head of the EU Commission and other top posts

Sibiu, Romania, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th May, 2019 ) :All 28 leaders of European Union governments will meet on May 28 to launch the process of choosing a new head of the EU Commission and other top posts.

EU Council chief Donald Tusk said Thursday after a summit in Sibiu, Romania, that he wanted the leaders to nominate Jean-Claude Juncker's successor before the end of June.

Tusk said he hoped that the decision on senior commission posts, which will be made after EU parliamentary elections at the end of this month would be "swift".

But he said it would also have to respect a balance of men and women and between the larger and smaller countries of the union.

"I will not shy away from putting this decision to the vote if consensus proves difficult to achieve," he said, in a nod to the prospects of political horse-trading between the leaders.

"My intention is for the European Council to nominate the new EU leadership in June," he said.

Once the line-up is decided the new European Parliament, which will be elected between May 23 and 26 and take up its seats in early July, will have to ratify the appointments.