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European Union leaders set to endorse Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas for the bloc's top jobs
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, speaks with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni prior to a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/34221818115e4502a28326761d016bf8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, speaks with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni prior to a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Omar Havana Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas waits for the start of a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/19f0e40aaba44ac98858327ee986e155/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas waits for the start of a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert From left, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda pose during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d34ce7de4de04dd7b4b4833307449936/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
From left, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Malta's Prime Minister Robert Abela and Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda pose during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Olivier Hoslet French President Emmanuel Macron, right, speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8e0608cfb6ac4840bb59e2bb8b0f2abd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert CORRECTS ID - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, right, greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prior to a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1ec2d29eefaa431eb5d96e0df08ede9c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
CORRECTS ID - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, right, greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prior to a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert From left, European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo walk together to a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, early Friday, June 28, 2024. European Union leaders signed off a trio of top appointments for their shared political institutions on Thursday evening, reinstalling German conservative Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission for another five years. At the side of von der Leyen should be two new faces: Antonio Costa of Portugal as European Council President and Estonia's Kaja Kallas as the top diplomat of the world's largest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/db5b73a39c3f4f84bae1bb767a91ea47/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
From left, European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo walk together to a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, early Friday, June 28, 2024. European Union leaders signed off a trio of top appointments for their shared political institutions on Thursday evening, reinstalling German conservative Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission for another five years. At the side of von der Leyen should be two new faces: Antonio Costa of Portugal as European Council President and Estonia's Kaja Kallas as the top diplomat of the world's largest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Omar Havana Bulgaria's Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cee57340ffc14d7a8d12599aa807325f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)
![Omar Havana The media are asked to leave the room prior to a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3e91e50c02d541308f622d3d907af7d0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
The media are asked to leave the room prior to a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)
![Olivier Hoslet Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni waits for the start of a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/edc1853811bb4ba3b041f5a153333471/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni waits for the start of a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cae3196064944a71bacbc91a3c5647ae/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, center, walks with Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris, center right, prior to a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/109b99b3ff6a4b8db2d08431c433fe1e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, center, walks with Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris, center right, prior to a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Olivier Hoslet Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, speaks with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7dcde268f19c42ecb25435cb1dfec517/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, speaks with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas walk together to a media conference during an EU summit in Brussels, early Friday, June 28, 2024. European Union leaders signed off a trio of top appointments for their shared political institutions on Thursday evening, reinstalling German conservative Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission for another five years. At the side of von der Leyen should be two new faces: Antonio Costa of Portugal as European Council President and Estonia's Kaja Kallas as the top diplomat of the world's largest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3aaed8484326408f9d259f7d7cb62e19/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas walk together to a media conference during an EU summit in Brussels, early Friday, June 28, 2024. European Union leaders signed off a trio of top appointments for their shared political institutions on Thursday evening, reinstalling German conservative Ursula von der Leyen as president of the European Commission for another five years. At the side of von der Leyen should be two new faces: Antonio Costa of Portugal as European Council President and Estonia's Kaja Kallas as the top diplomat of the world's largest trading bloc. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
![Geert Vanden Wijngaert Front fow left to right, Romania's President Klaus Werner Ioannis, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Council President Charles Michel, Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina and French President Emmanuel Macron during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8e85b928a9b94d75b84a0e5f46328d1e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Front fow left to right, Romania's President Klaus Werner Ioannis, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Council President Charles Michel, Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina and French President Emmanuel Macron during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)