1/7 Having Victor Orban at the helm of the Council for 6 months is worrying & should be the nail in the coffin for the rotating presidency.
Why?
I explained below 🧵
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlinMituta/status/1666095776949506049
2/7 From threatening to cut the EU budget to actually stopping EU aid to Ukraine, Orban has continuously worked against EU interests.
3/7 The 🔄 presidency has lost some of its political influence since the Lisbon Treaty, however it still holds important agenda setting powers.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlinMituta/status/1666095780422377472
6/7 The General Affairs Council would function as the legislative Council meeting in public, similar to the EP plenary sessions.
7/7 The remaining Council configurations would operate as transparent preparatory structures, similar to the functioning of committees in the EP.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlinMituta/status/1666095786298589185
4/7 What is to be done then?
In the short term, scrap the 🇭🇺 presidency altogether and divide it among Spain & Belgium.
5/7 In the long term, we should scrap the 🔄 presidency altogether & turn the Council configurations into a single entity presided by the EUCO president.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AlinMituta/status/1666095783597477889