Socialist Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos stressed this Thursday that the election of António Costa as President of the European Council is “a huge source of pride for Portugal and the Socialist Party.”
“A huge source of pride for Portugal and the Socialist Party. Congratulations, António Costa!” emphasized Pedro Nuno Santos on the social network X, where he shared a congratulatory video with moments of the former Prime Minister speaking with other European leaders or in Europe. .
Socialist Party President Carlos Cesar highlighted the “recognition of the political and diplomatic abilities” of António Costa shortly after heads of state announced the election of the previous Portuguese prime minister to the position of President of the European Council. State and government of the European Union with a mandate of two and a half years.
“He joins another Portuguese socialist, António Guterres, in high international office. Congratulations to Portugal!” he stressed in his post on Facebook.
Carlos Cesar also stressed that “the AD government [Aliança Democrática] There he fulfilled his obligations by supporting, as he could not help but do, the candidacy of the previous prime minister.”
“I can imagine what it cost them. They were upset, but… “that’s life!” – you can read.
According to diplomatic sources, at today’s meeting of the European Council in Brussels, heads of state and government invited Ursula von der Leyen to remain at the head of the European Commission for a second term and chose Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. to the post of High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
António Costa was Prime Minister of Portugal between 2015 and 2023, leading three governments, the last of which was supported by an absolute majority of the PS in Parliament.
He was chosen to replace Belgian Charles Michel at the helm of the European Council, the European Union institution that brings together the heads of government and state of the European bloc, by a qualified majority (55% of the votes cast in the 27 member states, representing 65% of the total population).