ZAGREB, May 7, 2019 – Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković in Brussels on Monday evening met with European Council President Donald Tusk to talk about a summit of the 27 EU leaders, scheduled to be held in Sibiu, Romania, Thursday.
Plenković and Tusk met in Brussels where the Croatian PM will be the keynote speaker at a conference on future EU priorities. He will give a talk at a conference organised by the Centre for the European Policy called “Yes we should! EU priorities for 2019-2024.” Plenković is there at the invitation of Heman Van Rompuy, president of the European Policy Centre and former European Council president.
The Croatian PM is scheduled to meet European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker and European People’s Party President Joseph Daul on Tuesday.
“The meeting with Tusk is primarily part of the consultations ahead of the summit in Sibiu at which we will adopt a declaration and a strategic agenda for the 2019-2024 period,” Plenković said describing the talks as a meeting with Croatia’s great friend.
Announcing his talk at the conference on future EU priorities, Plenković said the main message would be the need for unity, adding that this would also be the main message of the summit in Sibiu.
The Informal Summit of Heads of State or Government of the European Union will take place on May 9, in the Romanian city of Sibiu, in the context of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. This will be the first summit of this magnitude ever hosted by Romania since it became a member of the European Union in January 2007.
The high-level meeting will be hosted by Romanian president Klaus Iohannis and chaired by Donald Tusk. The summit will be attended by heads of state and government from EU member states, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani.
“I believe that the summit in Sibiu is a reminder to all EU leaders that we are together in the EU by our own will, and that we need to try to make the best out of the European project in significantly changed circumstances,” said Plenković.
Plenković said he and Junker would talk about Croatia’s preparations for entering the Schengen area and the euro area.
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