Published January 07,2024
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European Council President Charles Michel is to face for election to the European Parliament in June, Belgian media reported on Sunday.
Michel’s determination implies that he would step down as head of the EU physique that brings collectively the bloc’s heads of state and authorities ought to he be elected. EU leaders might then focus on a substitute for him on the finish of June or starting of August, he instructed Le Soir and De Standaard.
“It is relatively easy to arrange the succession,” the previous Belgian prime minister was reported as saying.
Michel instructed the newspapers he would marketing campaign on the head of the checklist of the liberal Belgian Reformist Movement (MR) get together within the June 9 elections. He described 2024 as a particularly essential election 12 months in Europe, and within the wider world.
“The European project is at a crossroads, and there is a need to boost the legitimacy of European democracy,” he mentioned. Michel mentioned he aimed to play an lively function. “I would like to be part of the team of those building the European project and am putting myself forward to continue to serve it.”
Michel mentioned he supposed to marketing campaign in a manner that will not impression his tasks in coordinating EU summits.
The 48-year-old took up the put up in December 2019 and can proceed in it till members of the European Parliament are sworn in on July 16, after which step down, if elected.
His function has been largely overshadowed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who took workplace on the identical time.
Source: www.anews.com.tr