Charles Michel pulls out of EU election race

European Council President Charles Michel, who confronted intense scrutiny over his choice to go away the job to run within the upcoming EU elections, is now withdrawing from the race, two officers briefed on the choice instructed POLITICO.

The choice comes days earlier than European leaders are set to satisfy in Brussels.

Michel’s shock choice to run within the European parliamentary elections in June, which might have meant leaving his publish months earlier than the top of his time period, prompted livid reactions from EU officers, European diplomats and Parliament.