EU: European Union leaders are expected to appoint two Dutch politicians to top jobs co-ordinating anti-terrorism measures and reviewing the EU's economic agenda.
Mr Gijs de Vries, who represented the Dutch government at the Convention on the Future of Europe, is tipped to become the EU's first security co-ordinator, a post created in response to the bomb attacks in Madrid on March 11th. The security co-ordinator, who will work under the EU's foreign policy chief, Mr Javier Solana, will supervise a "clearing house" for intelligence on terrorist threats in Europe and seek to improve co-operation between European police and security services.
Mr de Vries, who is a Liberal, served in the European Parliament for 15 years before returning to national politics in the Netherlands.
The former Dutch prime minister, Mr Wim Kok, is the frontrunner to lead a high-level group that will review the Lisbon Agenda, a 10-year strategy to make the EU more competitive. Mr Kok will attend this week's summit in Brussels, which will discuss his report on the reform of the European labour market.
The new high-level group will review progress on the Lisbon Agenda so far and make recommendations to the European Commission and EU leaders later this year.
During the summit, finance ministers will decide who should succeed Mr Domingo Solans on the executive board of the European Central Bank. Mr Michael Tutty, the Irish vice-president of the European Investment Bank, is one of three candidates for the post.