Shortly before a Brussels meeting of Europe's leaders, the top candidate of the centre-right, Manfred Weber, appears ready for a compromise.

As the lead candidate for the European People’s Party (EPP), Weber said on Tuesday at a press conference in the European Parliament that the EPP was ready to make all necessary compromises over the appointment of the EU's top job.

The EPP, the Socialists and Democrats (S&D), the Greens, and the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic G...