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Summit of EU parliamentary chairmen to help EU overcome problems: Slovak official

Xinhua, October 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Friday's summit of EU parliamentary chairmen here is a project that might help the EU overcome its problems. Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko said after the talks.

"The courage to convene a summit in Bratislava in this non-standard unofficial format has paid off. We have found support from almost all EU countries. This meeting precedes the conference of European parliaments that Bratislava will host in April, which is expected to result in the declaration of a joint procedure of national parliaments," stressed Danko.

In Danko's words, parliamentary leaders managed to discuss the things they are unanimous in.

"We named the problems that have been troubling us," said Danko, adding that "we managed to discuss the things that caused Brexit and problems within the EU. We talked about where the boundary of national politics is and where that of European politics starts. We discussed how to improve procedures and rules of procedures of individual parliaments in order to increase control of procedures vis-a-vis the EU," explained Danko.

"The disruption of security caused great problems for the EU's image. Therefore, it is important to talk about coast guards and to continue in projects like Schengen and the eurozone," said Danko. Endit