<span style="color: #222222;">European Union (EU) leaders have put forward their nominations for the bloc's top jobs, with a woman proposed as European Commission Chief for the first time. <br />''<br />''German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has been nominated for the post to replace Jean-Claude Juncker. The nomination came after the main front-runners were rejected.<br />''<br />''Ursula was backed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel but there was resistance to her nomination within the German coalition.<br />''<br />''Chief of International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde has been nominated as the first woman to head the European Central Bank.<br />''<br />''Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel is nominated to replace European Council President Donald Tusk, while Spain's Foreign Minister Josep Borrell is proposed as Foreign Policy Chief.<br />''<br />''In all, EU leaders were tasked with nominating five people for the top jobs.<br />''<br />''The fifth key role – President of the European Parliament – is to be chosen tomorrow. Possible candidates include German centre-right MEP Manfred Weber and Bulgarian socialist Sergei Stanishev.<br />''<br />''Most of the roles must be ratified by Parliament.</span><br />