Controversy over the distribution of European officials in the Brussels special meeting

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, publication ” D Site wrote in an article: The heads of EU member states could not reach an agreement on the new positions in this union at the special summit. One position is particularly controversial.

In this way, the heads of the European Union member states at the Brussels meeting could not reach a final agreement to fill the senior positions of the Union. reach Europe The meeting ended without an agreement around midnight last night. Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, which prepares and leads the summit, said there would be “more clarity” at the EU’s regular meeting next week – on June 27 and 28.

However, the path to Ursula von der Leyen’s second term as President of the European Commission seems to be clear: Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said. who has not heard a voice questioning his candidacy. According to him, a number of heads of state of the member states of the union have publicly confirmed that the politician of the Christian Democratic Party has done a “very good job” in the last five years – including those who do not belong to his political camp.

Of course, while the 65-year-old von der Leyen can hope for the green light from the member states for a second term as the head of the European Commission, surprisingly, there was bargaining over the position of the president of the EU Council. . Belgian Michel is stepping down after five years. The Social Democrats had proposed Antonio Costa, the former Prime Minister of Portugal, as his successor. On the other hand, according to the information of several boards, conservative heads of government have now claimed this position for at least half of the five-year legislative period. The German news agency reported that this demand is unacceptable for the social democrats, quoting the negotiation circles. – But based on the request of the People’s Party faction, it was recently managed in such a way that during personnel negotiations, this position was promised to a party family for five years. The Politico website reports that in addition to Costa, Plenkovic, who belongs to the conservative faction, is also hoping for the post.

European People’s Party (EPP) Christian United was by far the strongest force in the European elections a week ago. The social democrats came in second place and the liberals became the third strong faction with significant losses. The successor of “Joseph Borrell” was also responsible for the foreign policy of the European Union. Kaja Kalas, the Prime Minister of Estonia from the Liberal faction, is discussed for this purpose. He is considered one of the biggest supporters of Ukraine in the European Union.

The summit started about two hours later than planned, because the six European leaders initially rejected the agreement. They checked E. In addition to Olaf Schultz, the chancellor of Germany, “Pedro Sanchez”, the prime minister of Spain, also participated in this event for the Social Democrats. “Donald Tusk” and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leaders of the governments of Poland and Greece, also participated on behalf of the bourgeois camp. French President Emmanuel Macron, who was severely punished in the European elections, and Mark Rutte, the resigned Prime Minister of the Netherlands, also negotiated on behalf of the liberals.

“Ruthe “, in turn, wants to succeed Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of NATO. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has so far resisted this because Rutte has made critical comments about deficiencies in the rule of law in Hungary.

In the beginning At this summit, the heads of states discussed the strategic agenda for the next few years with von der Leyen and Roberta Metsula, the President of the European Union Parliament.

Christian Democrat Mtsula has confirmed his request for another two and a half years at the head of the European Parliament. At the start of 2022, Mtsula took over from David Sasoli, who died on January 11 shortly before the end of his normal term of office at the age of 65. This 45-year-old Maltese politician has the best chance to hold this position. On the other hand, the conservatives can imagine him as the head of the council.

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