Brussels, 27 June 2024 – It’s D-Day for the match EU appointments in BrusselsWhere Today the afternoon meets European Council, called to decide on the heads of the community institutions. In recent days the agreement between popular, socialists and liberals which has cut the conservatives off from the seats of the so-called ‘top jobs’ EU. And he is aiming for the confirmation of Ursula von der Leyen for the Presidency of the Commission (but there is the risk of snipers). The stance of Italian Prime Minister Meloni is tough, speaking of an agreement that ‘ignores the citizens’ vote’. On the Courier she was answered by the leader of the EPP, Manfred Weber, who reiterated that his party had a clear mandate from the polls, underlining that Italy must still be involved in the “European decision-making process”. After yesterday’s summit with Salvini and Tajani, the Italian strategy is outlined: Rome is aiming for a powerful delegation, with the Financial Times warning: France and Italy are competing for “a powerful vice-president of the Commission responsible for commercial policy, competition and industrial policy”.
Brussels, today the European Council on appointments. Gioriga Meloni and Antonio Tajani yesterday in the Senate (Ansa)
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10:11
Tajani: “The agreement is ok, but no opening to the Greens”
“Mine is a favorable inclination without any openness to the Greens. I am certainly very perplexed about the duration of the 5 years for the president of the European Council” on the socialist quota. Vice Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio said this
Tajani entering the pre-European Council summit of the EPP. He added that “there is still no decision on Italy’s vote” on EU top jobs, “negotiations have yet to begin”.
10.05am
We start with the pre-summits
Before the start of the works on European Council, scheduled for this afternoon in Brussels, the pre-summits of the three political families (EPP, PSE and Liberals) who currently constitute the so-called Ursola majority will begin and will be attended by the leaders and main national figures.
10:04
The proposal of socialists and liberals
On the leaders’ table is the proposal developed by the negotiators of the People’s Party, Socialists and Liberals to entrust Ursula von der Leyen – as an EPP member – with a second mandate at the helm of the European Commission. The designation of von der Leyen is part of a package that also includes the choice of the socialist and former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Costa for the presidency of the European Council and the Estonian liberal prime minister Kaja Kallas for the position of EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy.
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