European Council President Charles Michel, center right, speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and Romania's President Klaus Werner Ioannis, center left, during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, June 27, 2024. European Union leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss the next EU top jobs, as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine, security and defence and EU competitiveness. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)