On the eve of the EU summit, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas expressed her conviction that representatives of Eastern European countries should also apply for leadership positions in the EU and NATO in the next elections, she voiced this conviction in an interview with Politico.

Among the leaders of the main institutions of the EU - the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament - there is not a single representative of Eastern Europe; no representative of this part of Europe has ever led NATO.

" Do we have. worse people than \? Or are we not there yet? I think the answer is no, we actually have very good people.

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It should be noted that the ex-Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk, who headed the European Council from 2014 to 2019, was an exception..

The military alliance faces a potential change in leadership this year as Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's term soon expires. Recall that Stoltenberg, who has been in office since October 1, 2014, was supposed to resign according to the plan in 2022, but because of the war in Ukraine, it was decided to extend his term until September 30, 2023..