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France and Germany can’t reach consensus regarding EU’s top jobs

June 26, 2019 by Chris Anyfantis Leave a Comment

The EU leaders are expected to meet again on Sunday to discuss about who will be taking over the EU top jobs, while France and Germany seem unable to agree who will be the successor of Jean-Claude Juncker. Last week’s EU summit didn’t conclude on the matter, something that exerts extra pressure onto the bloc’s […]

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