Good morning from Brussels, The backstage talks over the EU top jobs continue after an informal summit earlier this week did not seal a preliminary deal, with the centre-right raising additional questions over the Socialist pick, Portugal’s Antonio Costa. “He [Costa] has been too light on migration”, an EPP source close to the talks told Euractiv, adding to concerns over the ongoing corruption probe into Costa’s former government officials. The EU centre-right source talked about a “positive and creative” atmosphere with the other pro-EU political forces. However, the source insisted on keeping the second part of the EU Parliament and EU Council mandates open for discussion at a later stage, something that the EU socialists disagree with. “We don’t want to commit now as we don’t know what the future political balances will look like. The EPP may be leading Germany with CDU and Spain with Partido Popular”, the source said. For their part, the EU socialists note that the EPP cannot push too much in the talks as the EU Parliament remains the EU centre right’s “weakest point”. Read the full story. Meanwhile, the EPP on Tuesday welcomed new members, writes Max Griera. | 