Agreement postponed to the first Euroconclave called to choose the leaders in the new legislature . No formal decision was expected, but an agreement at least in principle on the scheme was expected, because the shortlist of names was considered substantially solid. “We have the right direction but at the moment there is no agreement,” said the President of the European Council Charles Michel at the end of the leaders' dinner. “It is our duty to conclude by the end of the month.”
The quadrille includes Ursula von der Leyen confirmed to the Commission on the wings of the triumph in the EPP elections, the Portuguese socialist Antonio Costa to the Council, the Estonian liberal Kaja Kallas to the EU Foreign Ministry . The confirmation of Roberta Metsola to Parliament - which however chooses independently - completes the picture.
Donald Tusk , one of the two negotiators of the People's Party, does not believe that in light of the vote the balance should change: « It is not my task to convince Giorgia Meloni, we already have a majority with the EPP, liberals, socialists and other small groups, my feeling is which is already more than enough ."
«It is clear that in Parliament there must be no support for the President of the Commission who is based on right-wing parties and right-wing populists », was instead the wall erected by the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz , according to whom the European elections «have brought a stable majority" of the same political forces that have so far worked closely together in Parliament.
What will Giorgia Meloni do? Silent, cold for the method and for the merit of this start of negotiation. But still determined to get the most for Italy in the future European Commission. The prime minister has a difficult task, to dialogue with the pro-European majority without distorting her political position.
He knows he is arriving in Brussels when the others already have a clear understanding of the division of appointments, and he says this clearly to his colleagues: «The method is wrong, I am not willing to accept a pre-packaged package of appointments , the solutions being discussed are not be agreed with everyone. But above all it makes no sense to talk about names without first carrying out a serious and in-depth analysis of the vote."
(Unioneonline)