Belgium does not intend to immediately replace its Prime Minister in current affairs and President of the Mouvement réformateur party, Charles Michel, appointed on 2 July as new head of the European Council. According to the Belgian press, Mr Michel's entourage insists that he should only take up his new duties on 1 December, which would still leave time to replace him.
The next Belgian member of the European Commission should be appointed early enough, before the end of October, with the...