The national leaders of the European Union’s member states agreed last Saturday (30 August) that Donald Tusk should chair their future summits as president of the European Council and that Federica Mogherini should become the Union’s foreign-policy chief. The twin appointment emerged only after two special summits, at the end of July and at the end of August.
Saturday’s European Council was not only the first-ever EU summit to be held in August; it broke the mould in other respects, too. With Poland’s Tusk, the national leaders for the first time appointed a serving prime minister from a large member state …read more
Source: European Voice
