President Klaus Iohannis will welcome the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and the Prime Ministers of Hungary, Viktor Orban, of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, and of Croatia, Andrej Plenkovic, at the Cotroceni Palace on Wednesday. The theme of the meeting is establishing the priorities of the European Union (strategic agenda) for the period 2024-2029.
UPDATE The Presidential Administration confirmed on Tuesday the meeting that will be hosted by Klaus Iohannis at the Cotroceni Palace, at which the strategic agenda for the next institutional cycle will be discussed, more precisely the priorities of the European Union for the period 2024-2029.
“The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, will host on Wednesday, April 3, at the Cotroceni Palace, together with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, a working meeting dedicated to the preparation of the future Strategic Agenda of the European Union, with the participation of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia, Andrej Plenković.
The consultations organized in Bucharest are part of a wider process of defining the priorities of the European Union for the period 2024-2029, started on the occasion of the informal meeting of the European Council in Granada, on October 6, 2023, when the debates of the leaders of the EU member states revealed the interest in placing, at the forefront of the European agenda, aspects regarding security and defense, global involvement and expansion of the Union, respectively strengthening the resilience and competitiveness of the Union.
Based on the coordinates established in Granada, the discussions at the meeting at the Cotroceni Palace will represent an opportunity to deepen these elements and to analyze the lines of action at the level of the European Union in order to achieve the common objectives of strengthening the profile of the Union at the international level, ensuring prosperity and promoting and protecting democracy and European values.
Discussions on the preparation of the Strategic Agenda for the next institutional cycle will continue at the level of EU leaders, with the objective of being adopted by the European Council at the meeting scheduled for the end of June this year”, the Presidential Administration sent on Tuesday, in a press release the press.
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The visit of the European officials takes place at the invitation of President Klaus Iohannis, the quoted sources also showed.
The visit is also announced on the agenda of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, where the purpose of the meeting is specified: consultations on the strategic agenda of the EU for the next five years.
Every five years, EU leaders agree on the EU’s political priorities for the future, setting the EU’s strategic agenda. It is a collective effort led by the president of the European Council, where leaders discuss and make decisions together, according to the European Council’s website. It takes place in the context of the European Parliament elections and before the appointment of each European Commission.
In addition to this, the recent announcement by President Klaus Iohannis, who declared his intention to run for the position of Secretary General of NATO, a position to which Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte also aspires, must be recalled.
Editor: Bogdan Păcurar
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