“Von der Leyen” becomes the president of the European Commission again

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, quoting the German publication “D Site”, a little Before the important meeting of the European Union, the heads of states of the main families of the European parties agreed to the nomination of Ursula von der Leyen for the second term as the president of the European Union Commission. Some media reported this in unison.

The deal also apparently stipulates that Kaja Kalas, the liberal Estonian prime minister, will get the job in charge of EU foreign policy. Based on this, Antonio Costa, the former Prime Minister of Portugal, is to be elected as the President of the European Council for an initial period of two and a half years.

According to the usual procedure, if Costa does this well If he does, he should be able to win a second term in office. The Presidency of the Commission and the post of EU foreign policy chief are awarded for a statutory term of the EU, i.e. for around five years. The family of party EVP von der Leyen said this afternoon (Tuesday) that substantive issues also played a role in the negotiations. It was also agreed to further strengthen the fight against illegal immigration.

The basis of this agreement, which has yet to be formalized at the European Union summit on Thursday and Friday, is the result of the European elections that were held a little over two weeks ago. . In this election, the center-right coalition EVP, with Ursula von der Leyen, as the leading candidate, achieved the best result. The family of the European Social Democratic Party (S&D) was in second place and the family of the Liberal Party (Renewal of Europe) was in third place.

Donald Tusk from Poland, Kyriakos Mitsotakis from Greece, Olaf Schultz from Germany, Pedro Sanchez from Spain, Emmanuel Macron of France and Mark Rutte of the Netherlands have signed the agreement on behalf of their parties. (S&D) and Macron and Rutte from the liberal “Renewal Europe” party participated in the negotiations. member to be approved at a key meeting later this week. Giorgia Meloni of Italy, Peter Fiala of the Czech Republic and Viktor Orbán of Hungary, who are all outside the centrist coalition, have already criticized the way the three parties are negotiating. The main candidates for the key positions of the European Union expressed their dissatisfaction. On Tuesday, Victor Orban expressed his dissatisfaction with the selection of candidates and said: “The deal that the European People’s Party made with the left and liberals, with whatever value the European Union has on It is firmly in conflict.

Vonderlein and Callas will still have to attend a hearing in the European Parliament if the candidates for the new positions are officially announced. While Costa, a former prime minister of Portugal, will be automatically elected by his former peers.

The EU Commission presidency is by far the most important post to be filled after the European elections. Some 32,000 staff report to the current director of the body, which, among other things, makes proposals for new EU rules and monitors compliance with European treaties. In addition, the President of the European Commission sits at the table as a representative of the European Union at almost all major international summits such as the G7 or G20. Von der Leyen announced immediately after the European elections that he would to continue the earlier informal cooperation with the social democrats and liberals. This three-party coalition will have about 400 votes out of 720 votes in the parliament. Ukraine and Moldova accession talks to the European Union European Union