Leaders meeting on Wednesday (16 July) are likely to pick only the new EU foreign policy chief, with a decision on the successor to Council head Herman Van Rompuy “possibly” delayed until autumn.
According to one EU source, "if a complete deal is feasible, we should go for it. Otherwise, it will be only the high representative."
A second source told this website that it is "certainly a possibility" that only the foreign affairs chief is picked.
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