Prime Ministers of the central European countries comprising the Visegrad Four are in Prague on Friday to discuss Sunday\u2019s extraordinary European Council on Sunday, in Brussels.<\/p>\n
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Czech PM Andrej Babi\u0161 (ANO) said he and his counterparts from Slovakia, Poland and Hungary are particularly concerned as to who the next heads of the European Council, EU Commission, and central bank will be.<\/p>\n
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Earlier this week, Babi\u0161 said it was important that none of the so-called \u201cspitzenkandidats\u201d \u2013 leaders of the parties in the European Parliament that did best in elections in May \u2013 received majority support.<\/p>\n
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He argues Jean-Claude Juncker\u2019s successor should not comment on political matters but rather focus on implementing European Council conclusions.<\/p>\n
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Sunday\u2019s extraordinary meeting in Brussels comes just two days before the constituent meeting of the newly elected European Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"