“Fortunately, we have the determined support of our brother country,” underlines the Spanish vice president. Portuguese support “reflects the absolute alignment of the positions of the two governments on European matters.”
The Spanish Vice President and Minister of Economy, Nadia Calviño, thanked this Friday for Portugal’s “decided support” for her candidacy for the European Investment Bank (EIB), against Margrethe Vestager. highlighting the Iberian alignment with European institutions.
“I can only thank the decisive support that the Portuguese Government gave to my candidacy to the EIB, which reflects our absolute alignment of the position of the two Governments on European matters,” declared Nadia Calviño, at the entrance to an informal meeting of Finance Ministers. Europeans, in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela.
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Asked by Lusa about this Portuguese support, the official said: “Fortunately, from the first moment we had the decisive support of our brother country, as expected.”
“We share a place [na vice-presidência rotativa] in the EIB and in our The position in relation to the European institutions is 100% aligned. with our neighboring country, country […] Even more neighborly being here in Galicia,” he added. The Portuguese Government will support Nadia Calviño in the race for the leadership of the EIB, a source linked to the process told Lusa this Thursday.
The same source confirmed this Friday to Lusa that Portugal, after the conversations held in recent months, will support Nadia Calviño because it considers that this candidate “She is the most qualified” to assume the position.
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Nadia Calviño is, along with the Executive Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, one of the main candidates for the leadership of the EIB.
Added to their names are those of the former Italian minister Daniele Franco, the former Polish minister and vice president of the EIB Teresa Czerwinska, and the former Swedish Minister of Energy and current vice president of the institution Thomas Ostros. In early September, Margrethe Vestager announced that she would be taking unpaid leave to focus on her candidacy.
This, who is considered one of the senior officials of the institutions of the European Union (EU), is awakening, this time, the interest of several senior European officials, after having been directed for 12 years by the German Werner Hoyer, who occupied two six-year terms and now he’s leaving.
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Another community source highlighted to Lusa the “renewed interest” in the leadership of the EIB, which also reflects “a new page” of the largest multilateral financial institution in the world in terms of assets and that will be crucial to support the EU in its “green.” ” and digital.
The positions come as EU finance ministers meet this Friday and Saturday in Santiago de Compostela for an informal meeting. on whose margins the leadership of the EIB will be debated.
However, according to sources interviewed by Lusa, a consensus on a name among the five candidates is not expected for now, which will be more likely to occur at the ordinary meeting of those responsible for Finance control in October.
The decision is made by the EIB Board of Governors, made up of finance ministers from all EU countries. The bank’s current president, Werner Hoyer, will step down at the end of the year, so government officials will have to name a successor until then.
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Source: Observadora
