EU May Give Brexit Negotiator Barnier Top Job in French Push
- EU leaders gather in Brussels to discuss who should lead bloc
- Summit on Tuesday unlikely to reach definitive conclusions
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The European Union may reward its Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier with the top job of leading the European Commission as momentum is building behind the Frenchman’s informal candidacy ahead of a summit in Brussels to negotiate who will head the bloc’s main institutions.
France is pushing its candidate to head the EU’s executive arm and has Spain and Ireland in its corner. Key eastern European countries are set to signal they could back Barnier as long as they get something in return, such as the the EU’s foreign policy chief, officials familiar with their position said.