“Mission accomplished” on a “happy day” for Costa, Europe and Montenegro

“Mission accomplished†– this is how the outgoing president of the European Council, Charles Michel, opened the press conference that ended the meeting in which names were chosen for the main positions in the European Union. And it was Michel who announced “with great pleasure and honor†the names chosen: António Costa to preside over the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen to continue presiding over the Commission and Kaja Kallas as EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs .

“The European Council assumed its responsibilities†and decided “more quickly than expected†, highlighted the Belgian at the end of the meeting that was expected to last two days and, after all, ended on Thursday night. Already in the question phase, he bypassed a question about the judicial investigation to António Costa: “The European Council has confidence in the candidates that have been chosen and is confident that this will be a good signal sent to European citizens.â€