The President of the Republic said on Tuesday that the preliminary agreement to appoint former Prime Minister António Costa to the European Council was “a joy and very good for Portugal and Europe.”
“It is a joy and very good for Europe and Portugal if this is confirmed.” [nomeação]”, said Marcelo Rebelo de Souza upon his arrival at the Serralves Foundation in Porto to participate in the conference “100 years of BIAL – shaping the future”.
The head of state, however, did not want to go into details of his comments, since the proposal will still be considered on Thursday and Friday by the European Council.
“I did not want to give any further comments now because, as far as I know, the negotiating team has reached an agreement and will present a proposal the day after tomorrow. [quinta-feira]. Only the day after tomorrow will he be officially assessed by the Council. [Europeu]”, He said.
The six heads of government and state of the European Union (EU), who are negotiating top positions in the European Council, including the appointment of Antonio Costa, reached a preliminary agreement on Tuesday, European sources told Lusa.
After the failure of the first attempt to reach an agreement at an informal dinner of EU leaders on June 17, these negotiators (center-right, socialists and liberals) debated Europe’s top positions in the next institutional cycle. named after the leadership of the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen in her second term on the European Commission and Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as head of public diplomacy.
In addition to the Prime Minister of Portugal, Luis Montenegro, who has already announced that he will support the candidacy of António Costa, there are 11 more heads of government and state from the European People’s Party (PPP) from countries such as Greece, Croatia, Latvia. , Sweden, Austria, Ireland, Romania, Finland, Cyprus, Poland and Luxembourg, which supported the former Portuguese ruler.
It is the European Council that proposes a candidate for the presidency of the European Commission, an institution headed by Ursula von der Leyen since 2019, in a final approval process that is then left to the European Parliament, which votes with an absolute majority. (half of the 720 MEPs are different).
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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