European Parliament President Roberta Metsola described the newly elected President of the European Council, António Costa, whom she met yesterday afternoon, as a “robust and efficient politician” who will “respect” the European Parliament as soon as he takes workplace.
– I do know him as a powerful and efficient politician, however above all as somebody who will respect the European Parliament and with whom we are able to obtain nice issues collectively – she stated Roberta Metsolachatting with a gaggle of European information businesses, together with Lusa, after assembly with Antonio Costa.
Talking on the sidelines of the primary plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Metsola, who was re-elected to her publish as we speak, added that she was “wanting ahead to working” with Costa on this new institutional cycle of the European Union, which is simply starting.
– It’s a chamber that loves Costa, it’s a chamber that Costa is aware of very nicely, (as a result of – ed.) he was a member of this meeting, and in addition (…) we keep in mind the Portuguese presidency as some of the represented on the highest degree, throughout which we mentioned the social pillar, the Restoration and Resilience Facility, the rule of legislation – added Roberta Metsola in an interview with journalists.
António Costa, who was elected by EU Heads of State and Authorities on the finish of June as President of the European Council for a two-and-a-half-year time period beginning on 1 December 2024, met Roberta Metsola in Strasbourg this afternoon, earlier than attending a gathering of his parliamentary group, the Socialists and Democrats.
After this assembly, he met with the President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyenwho will run for re-election on Thursday.
