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EUROPEAN LEADERS HAVE reached an agreement on who should take up the top jobs at its main institutions.
Outgoing European Council President Donald Tusk confirmed the news, which comes after much discussion and deadlock.
EU leaders have been haggling since Sunday evening over who should fill the union’s four most important roles over the next five years.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel will replace Tusk as Council President – his role does not need to be ratified by the European Parliament.
The nominations for the other roles are as follows:
— António Costa (@eucopresident) July 2, 2019Donald Tusk / Twitter
— António Costa (@eucopresident) July 2, 2019Donald Tusk / Twitter
— António Costa (@eucopresident) July 2, 2019Donald Tusk / Twitter
— António Costa (@eucopresident) July 2, 2019Donald Tusk / Twitter
Sources said von der Leyen’s name came into the frame after an earlier proposal to name Dutch social democrat Frans Timmermans ran into stiff opposition.
Von der Leyen (60) has been a minister for the past 14 years under German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She was proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron, according to several sources.
If successful, she would be the first woman to serve as President of the European Commission.
One source said Merkel was “not against” Lagarde going to the ECB, while Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs tweeted that the Visegrad 4 bloc — Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia — would support von der Leyen as commission chief.
Backing from the V4 would save von der Leyen the fate suffered by Timmermans, who was suggested by France and Germany as commission chief instead of the early front-runner Manfred Weber.
But even if the package gets the backing of the EU national leaders, it would still need the blessing of the European Parliament, and several senior figures in Timmermans’ centre-left group tweeted their disgruntlement at the proposed ticket.
Contains reporting from © AFP 2019
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Hopefully they find the dirt that did this!
Accidents happen and we don’t know the facts of how this happened or who was to blame whether it be the driver or the deceased but it takes a certain type of low life to leave a man to die on the road and for that I hope they are caught and receive a befitting punishment.
They really need to change the laws around hit and runs, they are far far too lax,
Should be a min sentence of 5 or 10years for leaving the scene and
I got knocked down while walking home from a pub one night .i was 20yards from my home the guy that knocked me down walked me home told me he would call to me in morn ” after he sobered up ” next thing I knew the guards were at my house at 11 am to take a statement and to look where it happened he brought me to court for bursting up front of his car I was fined 120 pounds for obstructing traffic or 1 month in jail he got off scot free cos he knew d guards I was off work for 6 mths after cos I cud barly walk some justice system in this country my arse. Jail would b too gud for these people.
Think you told that story before, the name and some of the facts have changed though
Sorry but I haven’t told that story before. Might have happened to someone else as well .
Disgusting , leaving the scene, cruel to do it to an animal. If the person responsible is found I hope they are charged with manslaughter .
Anyone not wearing a high visibility at night while walking the roads at night should be fined, an innocent driver who hits someone in dark clothing at night is automatically branded in the wrong.
If the driver was innocent which could be quite likely they should have stopped…I know fear may have struck them but coming forward the next day would have been something. Cowarding away only increases the doubts of guilt
They drove off after hitting him. That IS automatically in the wrong.
Leaving the scene is inexcusable.
People shouldn’t drink and drive this guy was drunk cos I saw him that night in my local drinking so havin a highvis on or not he was in the wrong when u get hit by a car come back and talk to me god lad.
There is not much care on the roads up there. Too many hit & runs, many of them our northern drivers who don’t give a crap (sometimes).
To be fair that is a gross generalisation…be like saying all people ‘down there’ in limerick are druggies….the fact is no theyre not nor are all Northern drivers hoping the border to drive recklessly
The poor woman, discovering her dead husband. This is around the corner from my cousin’s house.
Also, that’s not how you spell Boynagh.
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