António Costa takes charge of European Council as Charles Michel steps down
Jorge Liboreiro & Maria Psara, Euronews, 29.11.2024
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António Costa will take office as president of the European Council on 1 December as part of the EU's new institutional cycle.
A changing of the guard has taken place in Brussels. Charles Michel, the outgoing president of the European Council, has handed the baton (or in this case, the bell) to his successor António Costa. The brief ceremony on Friday was marked by calls for political unity in the face of adversity. [...]
Janis A. Emmanouilidis, deputy chief executive of the European Policy Center (EPC), thinks Costa will be vocal about his views while keeping all leaders on the same page.
Costa "will try to strike compromises, find consensus – hopefully, compromises – not at the lowest common denominator, because this is not what Europe needs at this present point in time," Emmanouilidis told Euronews. [...]
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