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Portugal Backs Costa And Metsola To Stay In EU Top Jobs Until 2029. Portugal is backing the reappointment of António Costa as president of the European Council and Roberta Metsola as president of the European Parliament, PM Luís Montenegro said. Montenegro argued that keeping both leaders in their current positions would provide greater stability and strengthen the EU institutions’ ability to operate effectively. His comments come as the centre-right European People’s Party, the largest group in the European Parliament, discusses a proposal to maintain the current lineup of EU top officials. Costa, a former Portuguese prime minister and member of the Socialists, became European Council president in December 2024 and is currently serving a two-and-a-half-year term. EU rules allow the European Council president to serve a second two-and-a-half-year term, meaning Costa could remain in the post until 2029 if reappointed. Metsola, a Maltese politician from the EPP, was re-elected as European Parliament president in July 2024, but her current term is due to expire in January. MEPs will then elect the Parliament’s leadership for the remainder of the 2024-2029 legislative term, making her position part of the wider negotiations over the EU’s institutional balance.
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