President (laughs) of the European Council. Costa will be the new guy who only shakes hands in front of the EU flag

Antônio Costa is in line to have the most important irrelevant European position in the entire EU. The socialist hired a personal trainer to perfect his handshake technique, which cannot be loose and subservient like that of Portuguese prime ministers, but firm and stiff, with the handle presented by up in a technical gesture between “Kill Bill†and Marcelo pulling Zelensky until the man’s arm was covered in bruises. Costa has always been a master of the codfish, the high-five and the kiss on the cheek, the only skill required of the president of the European Council, who only has to take photos with ErdoÄ an or Lagarde next to a Union flag and that’s it. a position that is closer to the butler or the presenter of “Games Without Borders†than anything else. M.B.