Prime Minister Antonio Costa is presiding on Monday at a ceremony marking the assessment of Portugal’s presidency of the Council of the European Union, along with Foreign Minister and Secretary of State for European Affairs Ana Paula Zacarias.
The ceremony titled “Overview of the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council” starts at 15:30 at the Belém Cultural Center in Lisbon with video messages from the Presidents of the European Parliament David Sassoli, European Council Charles Michel. , and the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, according to the program of the accessed event.
Ana Paula Zacarias, Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva, head of government, then addressed the closing ceremony. Portugal’s fourth EU presidency ended on June 30, and the witness was handed over to Slovenia.ahead of the EU Council in the next six months.
The semester in Portugal ended Wednesday with a recovery summit hosted by the Ministry of Finance and bringing together European ministers, commissioners, MEPs and experts in Lisbon to discuss post-pandemic European economic reform and EU governance and economic impact.
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At the summit of European leaders on June 24 and 25, António Costa presented to his colleagues the balance sheet of the Portuguese presidency, stressing that Portugal has fulfilled its motto: “Time to act”: “It’s time to act and act,” he said. On June 30, hours before testifying, the prime minister posted a series of 10 tweets on his official Twitter account highlighting the results of the presidency.
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“Today we conclude the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, respecting the motto“ Time to act, for a fair, green and digital recovery ”, fulfilling our three priorities: economic and social recovery, the development of a European pillar of social rights and strategic autonomy. An EU open to the world, ”wrote Antonio Costa.
Among the results, the Prime Minister indicated, namely: the priority given to “coordinating the response to the pandemic and vaccination”, progress in approving “all provisions for the next financial framework 2021-2027.” And the approval of all the participating states of their own decision.
Costa also stressed “the social commitment to Porto, agreed with the social partners., civil society and European institutions ”, approval of the first climate law, reform of the common agricultural policy, digital certificate and“ EllaLink ”, the submarine cable connecting Europe with Latin America.
In terms of external relations, the prime minister highlighted the EU-India summit and the endorsement of the EU mission to support Mozambique, and in terms of protecting European values, he noted that the presidency “has promoted the rule of the mechanism’s annual dialogue. law and hearings of Hungary and Poland under Art. 7 of the EU Treaty ”.
