The heavy dinner that should decide Costa’s future in Brussels

Antonio Costa’s future begins to take shape on Monday. Heads of state and government European Union They are scheduled to have dinner in Brussels, where the discussion of the distribution of senior positions will begin.

An informal dinner shouldn’t end in a closed door decision; it should The former Prime Minister is now in the front row of the leadership of the body, where the 27 leaders are.

Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, and Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish Prime Minister, support Antonio Costa. French liberal Emmanuel Macron also indicated that the Portuguese could be a good option.

Luis Montenegro is also going to dinner In Brussels, but passes first Summit of the European People’s Party, where it must convey to its partners in the European political family what… He announced to the Portuguese on election night: he supported the candidacy of António Costa.

When Costa was an MEP, he voted for Durao Barroso as President of the European Commission. Now receive retribution.

Hey The President of the Portuguese Republic has also shown himself Excited by the idea.

Hey Judicial process involving the former Prime Minister It seems that the matter is no longer of absolute importance, but in Brussels there are still those calling for caution. Is that, Although Antonio Costa has not been named as a defendant, the case is not yet closed.

Further difficulties may lead to unpredictability in European politics. Hey The name of the former Prime Minister will be negotiated within a package that also includes the names of Ursula von der Leyen for the European Commission, and the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaia Kallas, for the High Representative for Foreign Policy..

If any of these names fall, Antonio Costa may not make it He rises to one of the highest positions in the European Union.