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Van Rompuy is bringing the Belgian coalition negotiator role to the EU level (Photo: Council of European Union)

EU leaders decline to endorse Juncker

EU leaders on Tuesday (27 May) tasked council chief Herman Van Rompuy with exploring who could fill top EU posts and gather a majority in the European Parliament, with consultations set to last at least until the end of June.

They ignored a request made earlier in the day by the leaders of the political groups in the European Parliament to task Jean-Claude Juncker with trying to get a majority behind him for the European Commission presidency.

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Van Rompuy is bringing the Belgian coalition negotiator role to the EU level (Photo: Council of European Union)

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