EU, sources: dinner postponed by two hours; first limited meetings
The informal leaders’ dinner which was supposed to be held at 6pm began a few minutes ago, with a two-hour delay. The time spent was spent in small meetings between groups of leaders with the aim of reaching a compromise on EU top appointments. We learn this from European sources.
Metsola, I have officially nominated myself for a new mandate
“I submitted my application. The deadline was today at noon. We’ll see what the result will be.” This was declared by the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, candidate for a new mandate.
Metsola: “Ready for the election of the President of the Commission in July”
Whether the election of the President of the Commission will take place in July “will depend on the outcome of today and the outcome of the European Council at the end of June, but I can tell you that Parliament is technically prepared for anything”. The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, said this upon her arrival at the informal meeting of EU leaders. As for the election of the president of the European Chamber, “I myself presented the candidacy, the deadline was today in the South”, she said.
Scholz: “Stable majority, quick agreement on EU leaders”
The European elections “have brought a stable majority” of the same political parties “that have so far worked closely together in Parliament. It is the basis for supporting the presidency of the Commission” and “I am quite sure that we will be able to reach an agreement between political families and between European countries in the shortest possible time and we will have proposals on who will be the next president of the Commission” as well as of the Council and who will be the High Representative, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also said when arriving at the European Council. “We live in difficult times and it is important to know what will happen” in Europe, he added.
Scholz: “No support for the presidency of the Commission from the right and populists”
“It is very clear that there should be no support in Parliament for the Presidency of the Commission, which is based on right-wing parties and right-wing populists – declared the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, upon his arrival at the informal leaders’ dinner – C There is a stable majority of the political platforms that have so far collaborated closely in Parliament. From the European People’s Party, Social Democrats and Liberals. There are also others who adapt a little politically but essentially this is the basis for supporting the presidency of the Commission”, he highlighted. “And this is why I am absolutely sure that we will be able to reach an understanding between the political families, but also among European countries, in the shortest possible time”, he added.
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Tajani, Draghi? Name from newspapers; no one talked about it
“Many names have been mentioned but they are names that are mentioned in the newspapers. My name has also been mentioned many times, but it has never been in play. When you name the names, the names are there. But no one has talked about it so “. This was stated by the deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, at the end of the pre-summit meeting of the EPP.
Tajani, ‘don’t close the doors to Ecr’
“I believe that the doors cannot be closed to the Conservatives because a reality as varied as the European Parliament cannot be closed in a three-way majority: the dialogue must be maintained”. Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani said this on the sidelines of the EPP pre-summit in Brussels, speaking about the alliances for the formation of the majority in the next EU legislature.
“We cannot make concessions to the Greens because we need a European policy in the fight against climate change which is not a fundamentalist policy, but which is a pragmatic policy,” he underlined. “The European People’s Party will present two candidates: Ursula von der Leyen for the presidency of the European Commission and Roberta Metsola for the presidency of the European Parliament. This is fundamental for us”, observed Tajani, highlighting the need to “keep the position very different of the Conservatives from that of Identity and Democracy from that of the Greens”.
Tajani: “Italy has the right to the EU vice-presidency”
“What matters” for Italy “is having a vice-president and a Serie A commissioner. Italy cannot fail to have a vice-presidency, it must be asked for and Italy has the right to have it, it was a mistake not to ask for it” in last legislature. This was said by the Foreign Minister and leader of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, on the sidelines of the EPP pre-summit in Brussels. “We are a founding country and we have an important role to play,” he added.
Orban: “He discussed the prospects of the EU right with Meloni”
During the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, the two “evaluated the results of the European Parliament elections” and “discussed political issues relating to the European right, the tasks awaiting the European Council of heads of state and government and the plans of the Hungarian presidency of the EU”. This was reported by the Hungarian government spokesman, Zoltan Kovacs, in a tweet.
Meloni arrived at the headquarters of the European Council in Brussels
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has arrived at the Europa Building, the building in Brussels where the informal European Council will be held, followed by a dinner of EU leaders to take stock of the appointments at the top of the European institutions.
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