The Latest: Merkel wants quick deal on head of EU Commission
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May 26, 2019
BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest on European elections (all times local):
8:10 p.m.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she'd like to see a quick agreement on who should run the European Union's executive branch, a matter on which her own governing coalition so far is divided.
In her first comments on the outcome of the European Parliament election, Merkel said both her center-right bloc and her center-left coalition partners back the idea that the head of the EU's executive Commission should be a politician who ran for that job.
Merkel said "we want to find a solution as quickly as possible, becau...
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