00:00They have been chosen to lead the European Union.
00:05A socialist man from the south, Antonio Costa, a centre-right woman from the west, Ursula
00:11von der Leyen, and a liberal from the east, Kaya Callas.
00:16They have support from European leaders.
00:19But von der Leyen, the incumbent presidential nominee of the executive body, needs to be
00:24confirmed by a European Parliament vote.
00:27She recognises that she cannot rely solely on the moderate three-party platform to secure
00:32the win.
00:33I will be reaching out, for example, also to MEPs from other groups than the platform.
00:41And for me it is a matter of convincing a, if possible, broad majority for a strong Europe.
00:51So this is what I'm going to be working for the next, what is it, three weeks, intensively,
00:56and then we'll see.
00:58Estonian Prime Minister Kaya Callas was appointed to be High Representative for External Policy
01:04and Security.
01:05She is well known for her hard stance against Russia and will also need European parliamentary
01:10support.
01:12This is enormous responsibility in this time of geopolitical tensions.
01:20There's war in Europe, but there's also growing instability globally that also are the main
01:27challenges for the European foreign policy.
01:31Former Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa will assume the mandate of President
01:36of the European Council on December 1st.
01:40He promised to promote unity among the 27 member states and to implement the strategic
01:46agenda.
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