A more complex political landscape puts the EU’s conventions for picking its leaders into doubt
). That makes the task of parcelling out its big jobs extra-fiddly. There are four vacancies: the presidencies of the European Commission , the European Council and the European Central Bank as well as the “high representative” for the’s foreign and security policy. A convention of 2014 says the commission job should go to the “lead candidate” of the largest group in the parliament.
Perhaps that is just as well. For now, more than ever, Europe’s leaders should be concentrating instead on getting the right people for the job. President Donald Trump has questioned the transatlantic alliance, tariff wars threaten Europe’s prosperity, turmoil on its borders challenges its security, digital giants from China and America are dwarfing its firms, and economic storm-clouds are once again gathering above the euro zone.
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