EU chief Juncker lashes out at leaders over top job methods

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is criticizing the way European Union leaders chose his successor and others for the bloc’s top jobs for the next five years.
Juncker said Friday that “the process was not very transparent.”
After marathon talks, EU leaders nominated Ursula von der Leyen as his successor from November. They rejected a system whereby lead candidates in May’s EU-wide elections would get the jobs.
Juncker was a lead cand