The Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, criticized this Wednesday (26) the agreement for the division of the main positions in the institutions of the European Union, stating that the plan ignores the wishes expressed by voters during the elections for the European Parliament this month.
Sources said on Tuesday (25) that the bloc’s three main, most centrist groups – which does not include Meloni’s conservative group – had reached an agreement to share the bloc’s top positions, including the choice of Ursula von der Leyen. for a second term as head of the European Commission.
The agreement will be submitted for approval by EU leaders at a summit in Brussels starting on Thursday (27). If confirmed, it will represent continuity, with pro-EU factions retaining power despite increased support for far-right and Eurosceptic parties in the elections.
“It doesn’t seem to me that a willingness to take into account what citizens said at the polls has emerged so far,” Meloni declared to parliamentarians, stating that parties that had an increase in their support in the last elections should be taken into account in negotiations .
Meloni’s right-wing Brothers of Italy party – the main force of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party in the European Parliament – won the highest percentage of the vote in Italy. A shift to the right was also observed in France and Germany, where government parties suffered major defeats.
“The EU institutions were conceived as neutral entities, capable of guaranteeing all member states, regardless of the political color of the governments of those member states,” Meloni said in Italy’s Chamber of Deputies.
The deal for the top posts would make former Portuguese prime minister António Costa the president of the EU’s national leaders’ council, while Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas would be the EU’s foreign policy chief, according to sources.
The three factions of Parliament have the necessary votes for the agreement to be approved by the European Council. But a new mandate for von der Leyen will need to be approved by Parliament, where she will likely have to expand her support.
Diplomats said von der Leyen could seek Meloni’s support by offering Italy a powerful seat on the Commission.
Source: CNN Brasil
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