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Quiz: Do you recognise this EU leader?

Can you name those taking up key EU positions for the next five years?
8.01pm, 6 Jul 2019
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EUROPEAN LEADERS FINALLY reached an agreement earlier this week on who should take up top jobs at its main institutions.

As we bid adieu to Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk let’s test your knowledge on this week’s events and see can you name those taking up key EU positions for the next five years in Brussels.

Do you recognise this EU leader?

Firstly, here's Donald Tusk's replacement as President of the European Council. What's his name?
Charles Michel
Laurent Benoit

Georges Remi
Hector Blaum
Federica Mogherini took up her role in Brussels in 2014. What was her job?
High Representative for Foreign Trade and Security Policy
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

High Representative for Diplomacy and Cultural Liaisons
High Representative of the Union for the European Union
Who is this man replacing Mogherini?
Joseph Borrell Fontanel
José Morrells Fontellas

Josep Borrell Fontelles
Johnny Borrell
EU leaders spent days debating who'd replace the current EU heads. So who's replacing Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission?
Ulga Ivanovich
Marie Pierre Le Franc

Mary Robinson
Ursula von der Leyen
Who's taking over as President of the European Central Bank?
Christine Lagarde
Christine L'atoix

Christine L'grange
Christine and the Queens
During the negotiations to decide the EU top spots, the Financial Times described Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as being both “a true generational change” and...
"untested and socially liberal"
"untested and socially irresponsible"

"untested and socially awkward"
"untested and unreliable"
This man has just been elected President of the European Parliament. Who is he?
Spain's former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
Luxembourg's former Attorney General Charles Muller

Belgian former banker Pierre Peeters
Italian former journalist David Sassoli
And finally, which Danish politician nearly took the top job as EU Commission president before leaders chose von der Leyen?
Marguerite Vestige
Margaret Vestager

Nora Batty
Margrethe Vestager
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