Several European leaders during the summit of 27 which must reappoint Ursula von der Leyen at the head of the Commission as part of an agreement on key EU positions, which aroused the anger of Giorgia Meloni and Viktor Orban, at foreground.
Photo: KEYSTONE/AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert
The leaders of the 27 met on Thursday to validate a second term for Ursula von der Leyen at the head of the Commission as part of an agreement on key EU positions. This aroused the anger of the Italian Giorgia Meloni and the Hungarian Viktor Orban.
The stakes seem to be set on these ‘top jobs’ after the agreement concluded on Tuesday between six European leaders – including the Frenchman Emmanuel Macron and the German Olaf Scholz – belonging to the ‘grand coalition’ of the right, the social democrats and the centrists, in the wake of the European elections of June 6-9.
“European voters have been deceived,” the Hungarian nationalist prime minister reacted upon arriving at the summit. The right “has formed a coalition of lies with the left and the liberals. We do not support this shameful agreement!” he fumed.
The head of the ultraconservative Italian government, Giorgia Meloni, left out of the negotiations between the three political groups, had denounced the actions of an ‘oligarchy’ the day before in Rome.
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