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European Council president, Charles Michel, on Saturday announced his plan to resign early so that he can run for a seat in the European Parliament in June. That would see the former Belgian prime minister leave his post before his term as Council chief expires at the end of November. His decision has sparked a scramble by European heads of government to appoint a new president or risk the role falling temporarily to Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán. Will EU leaders continue to sidestep Orbán by asking him to leave the room?Hungary is due to take over the rotating six-month p…