Ahead of the European Council, Socialist leaders meet in Brussels. Arrivals and statements by Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, and Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ (S&D, ES), S&D Group leader.

Brussels

meeting

TIMMERMANS, Frans (NL)

MOGHERINI, Federica (IT)

ŠEFČOVIČ, Maroš (SK, EC)

MOSCOVICI, Pierre (PSE, FR)

GARCÍA PÉREZ, Iratxe (S&D, ES)

MUSCAT, Joseph (PSE, MT)

LÖFVEN, Stefan (SE)

meeting of the European Council

COSTA, António (PT)

TSÍPRAS, Aléxis (EL)

ASSELBORN, Jean (LU)

SANCHEZ, Pedro (ES)

DI RUPO, Elio (S&D, BE)

2019 European elections (T)

European Council meeting 20-21 June 2019 (T)

Socialist leaders meet ahead of the European Council: arrivals and statements

Exterior shots at the PES venue, Albert Hall, Brussels.

Arrival of Stefan L&ouml;fven, Prime Minister of Sweden

Antti Rinne, Prime Minister of Finland, arrival. 

<p>Arrival of Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta</p>

<p>Ant&oacute;nio Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal, arrival</p>

Arrival of Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Leader of the SP&Ouml;, Austria

Arrival of Pedro Sanchez, Spanish Prime Minister.

Frans Timmermans, PES lead candidate and Vice-President of the Commission, cutaway and arrival.

SOUNDBITE (French), Frans TIMMERMANS, PES lead candidate and Vice-President of the Commission, I want to become President of the European Commission, that is my only ambition, I was crystal clear during the electoral campaign, nothing has changed, that remains my ambition. 

SOUNDBITE (French), Frans TIMMERMANS, PES lead candidate and Vice-President of the Commission, I think that the EP attaches great importance to the Spitzenkandidat process, if the EP keeps its stands, the choice will have to be among the Spitzenkandidaten. 

Arrival of Dejan Zidan, leader of SD Slovenia. 

Arrival of Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister. 

Arrival of Maros Sefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission. 

Arrival of Nicola Zingaretti, Leader of PD Italy. 

Arrival of Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner

SOUNDBITE (English), Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, He answers a question from media about what is he expecting from today's summit: 'A constructive, positive and if possible conclusive discussion that will take into account the results of the European election, respect the European parliament and also respect the weight of the S&amp;D family which is the second in Europe and must be fully and well represented in the next package'. 

Arrival of Federica Mogherini, EU High-Representative.

Jean Asselborn, Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg. 

Interior, atmosphere shots of PES leaders talking

Iratxe GARCIA PEREZ, S&amp;D Chair, arriving to the family picture. 

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Iratxe GARC&#205;A P&#201;REZ (S&amp;D, ES), S&amp;D Chair, We are gathered here with the S&amp;D leaders from Europe, right after the European elections, in which our political family has self-reaffirmed as the second biggest political party in Europe, with the capacity to lead a new progressive and pro-European project, facing the extreme right and the ultra-nationalists, being able to put forward a renewed project for Europe, with a strong social pillar, our main objective; a Europe fighting against climate change, a feminist Europe, a Europe of solidarity, capable to stand up to the challenges that the EU is currently facing. 

Round table meeting of PES Leaders (8 shots)