And according to a French official, Macron likes the French-speaking former Portuguese prime minister, with whom he enjoys engaging in intellectual discussions.
But Portugal’s justice system is moving at a glacial pace, and as the investigation into Costa continues, his legal problems could be cited by Nordic countries seeking to promote the candidacy of Denmark’s socialist prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, whose name circulated in conversations in Brussels. bubble for months.
The most uncertain position at this point is who will be named foreign policy chief, four officials said. Estonian Prime Minister Kallas is considering the position, and as a liberal woman and national leader from Eastern Europe, it would be a near-ideal choice for the liberals as they choose a successor to Josep Borrell.
In the run-up to the European elections, EU countries with little experience of Russian aggression were skeptical of its anti-Kremlin positions. Some Western leaders feared that Kallas was focusing exclusively on Russia and not paying enough attention to other regions, notably the Middle East and Africa. But that opposition has since died down, as Kallas would fit perfectly into the current jobs puzzle, geographically, politically and diplomatically.
The simplest of the four appointments would be to grant a new mandate of two and a half years to the current president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, who is part of the EPP. After that, the leadership of Parliament should return to the socialists. But it is the European Parliament, not EU leaders, that has the final say on this decision.
You scratch my back…
In the coming days, at the informal dinner and summit, EU leaders will bargain with von der Leyen for concessions in exchange for their support, offering their support in exchange for key portfolios in the next European Commission.
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