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Taoiseach Leo @LeoVaradkar on the top jobs:
1/ The nomination of the German Defence Mininster Ursula Von Der Leyen as Commission President, and the other nominations, was "a very good outcome overall for Ireland and Europe."
1/ The nomination of the German Defence Mininster Ursula Von Der Leyen as Commission President, and the other nominations, was "a very good outcome overall for Ireland and Europe."
2/ He was "confident" Ireland would enjoy the same solidarity from Ms Von Der Leyen as they had from the outgoing Jean-Claude Juncker on the Brexit issue.
3/ "She’s somebody who is from the CDU in Germany, somebody who is part of the political family [the European People's Party] which I belong to with Fine Gael, somebody who is part of a group of people who have always stood by Ireland through these issues.
4/ "So I’m confident that the solidarity we’ve had from Jean-Claude Juncker will continue under the new Commission, assuming she is ratified by the European Parliament."
5/ Varadkar said the Spitzenkandidat process would "have to be reviewed"
6/ He described the new European Council president a "friend" and a "friend of Ireland". As Belgian prime minister Charles Michel he understood the impact of Brexit because his country, like Ireland, was affected by it.
7/ He described the incoming ECB president Christine Lagarde as "someone whom we know very well in Ireland" and hailed the fact that for the first time there were two women filling the posts of Commission President and President of the ECB.
