European Union leaders agree on trading bloc’s top officials

Ursula von der Leyen has been approved for a second term as the European Commission president (Alessandro Della Valle/Keystone via AP)

European Union leaders agreed on Thursday on the officials who will be the face of the world’s biggest trading bloc on the global stage in coming years on everything from anti-trust investigations to foreign policy, according to the EU presidency of the Council.

Ursula von der Leyen was approved for a second term as the European Commission president.