Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is heading to Brussels to attend the summit today and tomorrow.
The debate on the people who will assume, in accordance with the Treaties, the Presidency of the European Council, the Presidency of the European Commission and the role of EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, is expected to dominate the European Council Council meeting today and tomorrow , June 27th and 28th.
The joint proposal of the PPE, Socialists and Liberals
It should be noted that on Tuesday morning in a conference call between the six negotiators (Kyriakos Mitsotakis – Donald Tusk, Olaf Soltz – Pedro Sanchez, Emmanuel Macron – Mark Rutte) from the three political groups that have the majority (PPE, Socialists, Liberals), there was consensus from the three political families for a joint proposal to support Antonio Costa for the position of President of the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen for the Presidency of the European Commission and Kaya Kalas for the position of EU representative. on foreign policy.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, was informed about the joint proposal of the three groups with a view to discussion by EU leaders. which begins today at noon and aims to reach decisions, which was not possible in the leaders’ first relevant informal discussion, on June 17.
Meloni’s anger
The negotiations of the 6 with which they blocked people’s choices caused the wrath of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. And this happens because the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group to which she belongs won more seats in the European Parliament than the Liberals – a fact that Meloni believes should also be reflected in people’s choices. At this moment von der Leyen represents the PPE, Antonio Costa the Socialists and Kaya Kalas the Liberals.
The Italian Prime Minister described the EU as a bureaucratic giant, while also calling out the leaders of the Member States who want to sweep problems under the carpet and do not take citizens’ votes into account in their decisions.
“There are those who argue that citizens are not wise enough to make certain decisions and that oligarchy is the only acceptable form of democracy, but I disagree,” Meloni said in the plenary of the Italian parliament, according to Politico.
The defense proposal
Also on the leaders’ agenda is the adoption of the EU Strategic Agenda, which will set the tone for the strategic direction for the next five years and which includes issues such as strengthening European defense, enlargement, a comprehensive approach to immigration, Europe’s competitiveness.
With regard to European defense and European defense strategy and industry, the Prime Minister is expected to speak about the proposal he presented jointly with Donald Tusk in a letter to the President of the Commission on the need to create a joint European defense project that will be financed with European funds, a European air defense shield.
European leaders are also expected to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East and in Ukraine, whose EU membership negotiations have stalled. have just received the official “green light” at the Intergovernmental Conference held in Luxembourg.