The three political families have a qualified majority among member states to move forward with the agreement in the Council, so it cannot be vetoed by the far right led by Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
The ‘popular’ social democratic and liberal chief negotiators, including the President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, reached an agreement on Tuesday on the renewal of high positions in the European Union, supporting Ursula von der Leyen for a second term at the head of the European Commission, the former Portuguese Prime Minister, the Socialist Antonio Costaas President of the Council and Prime Minister of Estonia, the liberal Kaya Kallasas a senior representative of foreign policy.
Diplomatic sources confirm the agreement between the three political families that have a qualified majority among the member states to move forward with the agreement in the Council so that the agreement cannot be vetoed by the far right led by the Prime Minister of Italy. Giorgia Meloni.
In this way, Von der Leyen, Costa and Kallas will be the three names of the package that comes with the EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Thursday and Fridaywhich will endorse the renewal of European positions, Moncloa sources have reported.
These three names were already on the table last week when a first informal summit of leaders was held in Brussels to discuss the issue.
Although not formally part of the division of senior positions, the package states that the leaders put on the table that the ‘popular’ Maltese Roberta Metsola be President of the European Parliament during the first half of the parliamentary term.
The President of the Spanish Government took part in the negotiations by videoconference, Pedro Sancheztogether with the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholzon the socialist side, while the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakisand the Poles, Donald Tuskhave led the ‘popular’ and the French president, Emmanuel Macronand the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Ruttenegotiated on behalf of the Liberals.
According to the pact, the position of President of the Council would be agreed for a term of two and a half years, with the understanding that the usual practice is that the said leader can serve a second term, as has been the case for his predecessors. Charles Michel, Donald Tusk and Herman Van Rompuythe sources consulted explain, after the European People’s Party arrived last week with the order to divide the position and have a ‘popular’ leader take the position in 2027.
Source: EITB
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