Von der Leyen set for second term as EU leaders agree top jobs

Ursula von der Leyen will need the support of 361 of 720 MEPs. Picture: Jean-Francois Badias/AP

EU leaders finally signed off on who will lead EU policy for the next five years after a weeks of tense negotiations.

Ursula von der Leyen had been proposed as president of the European Commission for a second time; former Portuguese prime minister Anthony Costa as president of the European Council; and prime minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas as the EU’s foreign policy chief.