EU top jobs deal set to go ahead despite Italian PM’s protests

The European Council meeting on 27 and 28 June is expected to back a deal that will give Ursula von der Leyen a second term as Commission President. Leaders belonging to the centre-right ((EPP), centre-left (Socialists and Democrats) and liberal (Reform) political groups have asserted their long-standing power to carve-up the EU’s top jobs. Portugal’s […]