French President Emmanuel Macron was noncommittal when asked about whether he is supporting Ursula von der Leyen's candidacy for a second term as president of the European Commission following the European elections.
Macron said the appointment of EU leaders would be discussed in an organised manner, in comments to journalists at the G7 summit in southern Italy on Thursday.
That procedure also applies to the posts of council president, eu foreign affairs commissioner, commission vice-president and the candidates for the presidency of the European Parliament.
The top posts in the EU are due to be filled following the European elections held until Sunday. Some 360 million people across the 27 EU member states were eligible to cast their ballots over four days.
Given the clear victory of the centre-right, pro-European EPP alliance, it is seen as likely that the party's candidate, von der Leyen, will win a second term.
However, she requires the support of other party families such as the Social Democrats and Liberals to win in the European Parliament vote.
In return, they are likely to expect to be allowed to fill other top posts.
The issue is due to be discussed by EU member state leaders at a special summit in Brussels on Monday evening.
Former Portuguese prime minister António Costa is currently seen as a possible candidate for the post and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as a possible candidate for Foreign Affairs Commissioner.
Costa belongs to the Socialist and Social Democrat party group, while Kallas, like Macron, is a member of the Liberals.
Macron's failure to position himself was noted mainly as he proposed von der Leyen for the presidency of the European Commission in 2019, after preventing Germany's Manfred Weber from getting the post
It was initially unclear whether there had been discussion of the issue on the sidelines of the G7 summit currently under way in Italy.
Macron met with Scholz and von der Leyen on Thursday evening in the Borgo Egnazia hotel, though no information was given about the topics discussed.