EU leaders to discuss nominees for bloc’s top jobs after election shake-up

The Franco-German motor that usually propels EU politics along was weakened, and new dynamics could be on show at the informal dinner

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen attends the plenary session during the summit on peace in Ukraine, in Obburgen, Switzerland (Urs Flueeler/AP)

The 27 leaders of the European Union are gathering in Brussels to take stock of the recent European election results and begin the fraught process of dividing up the bloc’s top jobs.

The June 6-9 elections saw the European Parliament shift to the right and dealt major blows to pro-European governing parties in Paris and Berlin.