A surge by Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing political group in this month’s European election will compel the centrist parties, which won by a massive margin, to accelerate talks on appointing people to the bloc’s top institutional jobs, according to people familiar with the situation.
European Union leaders will try to finalize an agreement at a summit next week that would see Ursula von der Leyen continue as European Commission president, former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa take over the reins of the European Council and Estonia’s leader Kaja Kallas become the bloc’s top diplomat.