EU leaders agree on top jobs: Ursula von der Leyen, António Costa and Kaja Kallas

EU leaders have finally signed off on who they choose to take the top jobs of the European Union for the next five years following a few weeks of tense negotiations. Ursula von der Leyen has been proposed as president of the European Commission for a second term, former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa as president of the European Council and Prime Minister of Estonia Kayakalas as the E US foreign policy chief. Von der Leyen will now be presented the European Parliament for voting where she needs his support at 361 MEPs to vote in favor of her to be re elected. I would plain and simply like to express my gratitude to the leaders who endorsed my nomination for second mandate as President of the European Commission. And I'm very honored and I'm delighted to share this very special moment, hopefully soon on screen. Antonio Costa, but also my dear friend Kayakalas. However, Italian Prime Minister Georgia Maloney expressed strong dissatisfaction with the process, saying it didn't fully take into account the rise of hard right parties like hers in the European Parliament elections. She abstained the nomination of Underline and voted against the nomination of Kayakalas and Antonio Costa. There's concern that her rejection is a sign of turbulent times ahead for the EU. Indeed, Georgia Malone abstained. And I think it is very important to work well in the European Council with the Prime Minister, with Italy, like with other all other member states. So this is a principle for me, this which I followed all the time. The next hurdle for Ursula von der Leyen is the trickiest. The votes in the European Parliament for her re-election are wafer thin and nothing is guaranteed. She said she wants to work with the coalition of the Greens, a socialist, and the Liberals. But she likely have to look further afield to potentially the far right, led by George Maloney, which will upset the coalition. It's a secret ballot and she loses by even one vote. It appears there is no Plan B. Shona Murray, Euronews, Brussels.