Highlights: EU leaders meet to decide on bloc's top jobs, Timmermans frontrunner


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  • Monday, 01 Jul 2019

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker arrives at a European Union leaders summit that aims to select candidates for top EU institution jobs, in Brussels, Belgium June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders meet on Sunday to decide who wins the bloc's top posts, with Dutch socialist Frans Timmermans in pole position to be named the EU's next chief executive, diplomats and officials said.

Following are comments by EU leaders as they arrived for the summit in Brussels.

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