The European People’s Party is considering electing a representative of the Socialist group to the presidency of the European Council for the first 2.5 years in exchange for their support of the EPP candidate for the next 2.5 years.
The final decision will not be made until next week, according to Politico. The EPP’s proposal was confirmed by Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. According to him, the European People’s Party seeks to retain one more position for the center-right political forces, in addition to the post of president of the European Commission, the Croatian edition of Jutarnji list quoted Plenkovic as saying.
According to Plenković, former Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa has the highest chances of becoming president of the European Council for the first 2.5 years.
He also noted that he is not interested in being elected to any positions in the EU’s governing bodies. “I am the Prime Minister of Croatia with a lot of experience, who wants to stay in office for a third term,” Andrej Plenkovic said, according to Jutarnji list.
The European Council is the highest political body of the European Union. The European Council consists of the heads of state and government of the EU member states, the President of the Council and the President of the European Commission. The term of office of the President of the European Council is 2.5 years.
