Merkel will quit politics when she steps down as German chancellor, and has privately made clear she’s not interested in leading the EU.
“She was clear that she should not be part of the equation when the top EU jobs are discussed,” the senior official, who is not from Germany, said. “She isn’t playing games.”
EU leaders will meet in Brussels later this month to begin the process to decide the next leadership of the European Commission — the EU’s executive branch — and the European Council — the EU institution consisting of the bloc’s heads of government and state that sets the EU’s overall direction and priorities.
The positions are instrumental in defining the shape of the EU’s political and economic direction. Under the EU’s treaties, the EUthe president of the European Commission, but the candidate then needs to be approved by the European Parliament. Tusk told reporters after the meeting that he wants the process to be quick. “My intention is to carry out the election of heads of EU institutions in a swift, smooth and effective manner,” he said.
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