Charles Michel was, this week, the main absentee from the plenary session of the Strasbourg Parliament.
Due to “
acute lower back pain
”, the President of the European Council was unable to attend.
He was to present the results of the last summit, that of December, which saw Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban block the 50 billion euros promised by the European Union (EU) to Ukraine.
Above all, MEPs were awaiting his explanations on his early departure from the European Council.
The former Belgian Prime Minister announced at the start of the year that he would be leader of his party (the MR) in the European elections on June 9, 2024 and would therefore be forced to leave his current position by mid-July at the latest. , while his mandate as President of the European Council is due to end on November 30, 2024.
Risk of “instability”
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I have started to outline a number of avenues for reforms to the EU that will be necessary to make it more effective.
I would like to be part of the building team…
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