commission president for the next 5 year term eastern european countries object to dutch socialist france timmons who has the backing of germany spain and france the french president has criticised the delay as a bad look for the block. to process even if i believe in the long term we must draw all the consequences of such a failure our credibility is double edged by these long meetings that lead to nothing we give in if you will but that's not serious so let's go live now to nadine barber in brussels who is likely to come up with a top job. well lauren it's less certain i think than on sunday as leaders arrived here in brussels on sunday for the talk so it seemed like there was a lot of optimism and a general perhaps an amount of consensus via one of the 2 main so-called lead candidates france timmons the man you were referring to was the favorite this is coming out of a plan that was hatched at the g 20 involving just a few e.u. leaders and i think that's part of the problem what followed was 20 hours of on and off negotiations one of the longest every use summits which saw. several countries l

in brussels for a 2nd time to try to decide who will get the blocks top jobs dutch socialist france timmons is no current favorite to take over from iraq road younker as the next european commission president several eastern european leaders are opposed to timmons he was repeatedly accused poland and hungary of violating civil rights. it's gotten that involve in brussels what the chances of a breakthrough at this summit. well in a few hours ago they looked quite quite high a year you had the likes of donald tusk the president of the european council saying he thought the main jobs would be allocated tonight and so. calm was saying more or less the same thing but now we're hearing that this plan that apparently was drawn up on the sidelines of the g 20 summit between france germany the netherlands and spain which would give france timmons the year the job of commission president that that plans being really fought back against by the center right grouping here in the european parliament the european people's party who are saying they're clinging on to their man the hopes that. a german polit

prospect of france timmons the dutch labor leader getting the presidency of the european commission did worry a lot of eastern european states like poland and hungary which he's criticised strongly for the rights records for the judicial reforms and so on but not just that the p.p. the center right grouping in the european parliament is still the biggest group even have a majority. so the convention now is that the nominations must reflect the results of the the latest european elections so they've said all along has to be has to be one of ours their original name was very german m.e.p. now we were hearing from the voters that the plan is. for the european parliament presidency for the 1st half for the 1st 2 and a half years of the next to the job would go to a member of the social socialists and democrats and for the 2nd half it would be somebody from the. probably mr verver ok with the breaking news for us there on the elections and brussels thank you. odd al-jazeera 21 people that is monsoon rains said western india bringing flash flooding and widespread disruption. to strike her spa

the dutch labor leader france timmons had been seen as the front runner for a commission president as the talks started on sunday but there was a big push back from countries including poland hungary the czech republic and slovakia the so-called visit for the hungary ins and poles have been strongly criticised by simmons over their record on the rule of law throughout these negotiations donald toast the president of the european council has been wary of putting things to a vote prefer him to reach consensus however slowly the process is highlighted not just national divisions but the struggle for influence between europe's political families the top appointments are meant to take into account the results of the recent european elections the group that did best the center right the p.p.p. insisted one of its candidates should head the commission but the lead candidate of the greens has denounced the package as a back door deal and old europe at its worst is not a certainty that the parliament will approve the names i'm going to merkel says the e.u. could explore new rules to avoid repe

was put forward to try and find a new candidate to be the next european commission president france timmons of the socialist bloc had been floated as a potential new commission president take over from john claude younger however many within the conservative bloc many within the p.p. the european people's party and many who had supported verba who had been the previous favorite to be the candidate have said they are not happy with france timmermans and matt has led to this impasse called the a quarter of the soccer plan because that's pretty much where it was come up with during the g 20 over in japan a number of those leaders including john claude young and bill are merkel. they were in japan for a few days they flew back over for this summit they worked through the night most of sunday into monday so you can see why they may want to. to put this off until tuesday morning for reconvening code younger spoke to the press though he really wasn't giving away anything about how close they were to finding his successor. the money. the money's of michael. leadership someone. over money with the f

party was thought that he would be a shoo in to be the next commission president not so much then france timmons from the socialists would he be the next one he seemed almost anointed no said particularly those from central and eastern europe we have seen this be a process whereby a lot of people have started to question this this nomination procedure that goes through particularly big voices as well the president of france a manual micron saying he was far from happy with it the spite that despite this rocky lead into these nominations that all to the now i guess we can say outgoing european council president said he was happy with the way it had gone we have a greet the whole package before the 1st session of the lemond. 5 years ago we needed 3 months to decide it and some leaders who are against. this year. and know about their votes against 751 that's the number of m.p. any peace that will be voting in the european parliament to decide if those live on the line becomes the next commission president the m.e. peace themselves were busy on tuesday they were sitting for the 1st time in the europ

european commission either manfred verba a german from the center right or the tip favorites france timmons the dutch politician a socialist there was then a series of negotiations in meetings where some countries told donald why in their view they didn't see mr timmons as a suitable candidate countries like poland and hungary extremely unhappy with the prospects mr thomas has put forward other names from the center right grouping as possible european commission heads including in fact michel barnier a chief breaks it negotiator but nothing really came of those and in the early hours into monday morning local time there was a shared your breakfast meeting which was delayed and still the prospects with no solution to this come having to come back to another summit perhaps in mid july. the president of the democratic republic of congo has visited an eastern province where hundreds of people have been killed in communal violence in recent weeks the fighting between ethnic groups has forced hundreds of thousands of people to leave their homes but the president says a large scale military operat

being shut out of the process because the man who has tips to get the commission presidency was france timmons the dutch labor leader so we're waiting to see whether there be anything for them there but. in general there has been a lot of talk in the european parliament of actually trying to wrest back some kind of influence over these nominations. breaking news out of brussels and doing thank you. well europe's national leaders struggled to agree on their choice for the continent's top jobs the rift in european politics but on full display aren't sleigh has what are. here comes trouble and its name is the brics it party it is now the biggest single party in the european parliament and as such is the best representation of how this institution is in flux as just one example has already threatened to help vote down the e.u. budgets and it doesn't like the way that europe does deals the whole way the group systems work again very undemocratic you know you have to tie up with people in 7 other countries and you know if you are leaving and everybody else wants to stay then there's no sense in that

there was a 20 hour negotiation on monday which broke down over eastern european opposition to france timmons the dutch socialist politician who does have the backing of germany spain and france all from that in brussels. but one new name in the mix here in brussels is the german defense minister underlayer and she's being talked about now as a possible alternative candidate for the presidency of the european commission she's reported to be acceptable both to the french president emanuel and german chancellor angela merkel she's from the center right. party in fact and they've been pushing all along for one of the bears to get that job which is seen as the jewel in the crown according to them friends timmons a dutch socialist was a front runner over the weekend but he's extremely controversial and countries like poland and hungary say the appointing him to head to the legislative body would be in their words a total catastrophe so new figures emerging all the time it's not clear in fact who will get that job but it doesn't affect the other jobs because there's a lot of horse trading involving

20 in japan in talks involving germany france spain and the netherlands which would have seen france timmons as you were saying the dutch politician already a senior figure very well known here in brussels taking the job of the commission president replacing john clued you. in a trade off with the conservative grouping here would get both the president of the european parliament it was said. the foreign policy chief job replacing federica and a member of the liberal grouping becoming the head of the european council the heads of governments but that's extremely contentious we've already seen in the last few hours the prime ministers of poland and the czech republic deny that mr timmins is in any way a compromise candidate saying he's divisive and doesn't understand the challenges of the former former eastern bloc countries and the reason that they have to in their eyes push through those controversial reforms there was talk that manfred verba the favorite lead candidate of the european peoples party the sensorites was perhaps pulling out of the race earlier on on sunday but now it's not quit

commission a marathon 20 hour negotiation on monday broke down over eastern european opposition to france timmons the dutch socialist politician who has the backing of germany spain and france so that's brussels and as those leaders discuss who should get the jobs the new european parliament has been inaugurated in strand's book politicians will submit their candidates by the end of tuesday and will elect a new president for the parliament on wednesday but many leaders say they would prefer the election to follow the appointment of the european commission's president. little bit confusing sometimes but not in barbara's with us in brussels to talk through it i mean is there a likelihood of consensus that this time the day after well on the 3rd attempt. there is suddenly talk of a possible breakthrough came hours after what you could call another mini marathon of sideline meetings the council the meeting of the leaders as it is only really supposed to be getting going now hours after it was shed yule to start on tuesday morning local time because donald tusk the man chairing their counsel the head

european commission either manfred verb or a german from the center right or the tip favorites france timmons the dutch politician a socialist there was then a series of negotiations in meetings where some countries told donald why in their view they didn't see mr timmons as a suitable candidate countries like poland and hungary extremely unhappy with the prospects mr has put forward other names from the center right grouping as possible european commission heads including in fact michel barnier. breaks it negotiator but nothing really came of those in the early hours into monday morning local time there was a shared your breakfast meeting which was delayed and still the prospects with no solution to this come having to come back to another summit perhaps in mid july. thousands of people have donated money to cover the legal costs of a german captain detained in house arrest in italy on saturday. is accused of deliberately ramming her rescue vessel sea watch 3 into a police boat that was trying to stop her from entering the port of lampedusa her lawyer says the collision wasn't intentional do

as european commission president is here in countries object to dutch socialist france timmons has the backing of germany spain and france meet again on tuesday to try to reach a consensus on who will lead the e.u. for the next 5 years the french president has criticized the delay as a bad look for the bloc. triple c. i believe in the long term we must draw all the consequences of such a 5 year credibility is deeply damaged by these long lived things that lead to nothing we give in if you will but that's not serious that's what the barber has more from brussels. well despite the failure again of what was one of the longest to use summits ever some leaders saying that there was progress people like the slovak prime minister on the other hand the prime minister of poland says that really there was no movement because the previous favorite for head of the european commission finds timmons the dutch socialist is unacceptable to touches like poland to hungary and to the czech republic countries he has harshly criticized recently over their record on the rule of law and so the center right e

do not want france to moments as the next leader of the european commission in fact the chairman of the senate in poland was on radio in that country earlier on monday to describe mr timmons as unfriendly to poland as detached from reality and said that every time he worked with mr timmins it would be a bad experience well i had initially backed manford verba for the job of european commission president she then switched her allegiance when she realized that wasn't going to happen and had backed the timmons plan however she said it's progress was being made but they said it was a very difficult road ahead still. to be the way things are going to get talks won't be easy and that's pretty mildly the e.u. parliament. is fixated on the principle of top candidates and yet the biggest force the european people's party has no majority and so donald to school had a difficult task today who will try to be constructive. so the heads of the 28 member states of the european union will be the heads of government of the 28 member states of the european government i beg your pardon will reconvene at 11 am on tuesday how it's going to go is anybody's business when it comes to picking who

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