After being elected President of the European Council, Costa will meet with Von der Leyen and Kaja Kallas, who has been appointed EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The president-elect of the European Council, António Costa, will be in Brussels this Friday to meet with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, according to a diplomatic source informed the Lusa news agency.
The former Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa, elected this Thursday as the next President of the European Council, will meet with Von der Leyen and also with the Estonian Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, appointed High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Politics of security.
Statements from António Costa are expected after this meeting.
Socialist António Costa was elected President of the European Council on Thursday by EU heads of state and government for a two-and-a-half-year term beginning on 1 December 2024.
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The decision was taken at a European Council meeting in Brussels, where EU leaders also proposed Ursula von der Leyen’s name for a second term at the head of the EU executive, subject to final approval by the European Parliament, and appointed Kaja Kallas as head of European diplomacy, subject to election by MEPs from the entire college of commissioners.
After his resignation following judicial investigations, the former Portuguese Prime Minister was chosen to succeed the Belgian Charles Michel (in office since 2019) at the leadership of the European Council, the EU institution that brings together the heads of State and Government of the block. community, in a designation made by qualified majority (55% of the 27 Member States, which represents 65% of the total European population).
António Costa is the first Portuguese and the first socialist to preside over the European Council.
Source: Observadora
