By Robin Emmott and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders assessed the continent's dramatically altered political landscape on Tuesday following European Parliament elections and sought a response to a rising tide of voter frustration. With far-right, anti-EU parties sweeping to unprecedented victories in France, Britain and Denmark and populists gaining ground elsewhere, the 28 leaders faced tough questions about the future direction of European integration. Arriving for an informal summit, they sought to avoid an immediate fight over whether Jean-Claude Juncker, the candidate of centre-right parties that topped the poll, should be nominated as European Commission president, as parliament wants. Several leaders said they would focus on policies before personalities, giving European Council President Herman Van Rompuy a mandate to conduct negotiations on the agenda and leadership of the next EU executive.
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