Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to the press after the EU leaders struck a deal on the bloc's top jobs during the third day of a EU summit, in Brussels on July 2, 2019. - EU leaders on July 2 neared a hard-fought summit compromise to put women in two of the bloc's most important jobs for the first time. After three days of bitter wrangling, German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen emerged as a serious candidate to replace Jean-Claude Juncker at the head of the European Commission. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)