Ursula von der Leyen faced a political defeat on Monday as EU leaders failed to reach an agreement on the bloc's top jobs, leaving her bid for a second term as
BRUSSELS From right, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden, Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, European Commission
“We need to get it done.”That is the view of people inside Government about the impending nomination of Ireland’s next European Commissioner, which some s
Under the EU's complicated division of powers, the leaders get to nominate the next president of the commission, which is responsible for drawing up EU policy o
“I am sure we can find an agreement in the shortest possible time,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said as he arrived for the evening talks.German Chancellor
National leaders of the 27 European Union member states met in Brussels to start trashing out the allocation of several senior positions, in their first summit
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Taoiseach Simon Harris has yet to secure support of his Coalition allies for Ireland to back Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as European Commission presi
European Council President Charles Michel is reportedly floating the idea of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis replacing Ursula von der Leyen as Presiden
Following the elections to the European Parliament, the 27 leaders are set to haggle over the bloc's political leadership for the next five years.
Ursula von der Leyen's future at the head of the EU Commission could be jeopardised by a small group of MEPs.The Greens, despite losing 18 of their 71 seats in