The Prime Minister of Croatia Andrei Plenkovic it was… somewhere else during the EU South summit in Alicante, Spain. To him, she was “the most exciting meeting in Europe”as he said after victory of the Croatian national team over Brazil in the Qatar World Cup.
Alicante «will forever remain in my heart“, he said, without hiding his joy, in the joint statements made by the nine leaders after the end of the session. His eight counterparts turned to him, waiting for his next statement. But, the Plenkovic had already said it all, causing the audience to laugh.
The Croatian prime minister later told some reporters that he managed to watch the match at half-time and that all the other leaders followed him to watch the penalty shootout on his mobile phone. “It was very nice. It’s a fantastic feeling, it’s an inspiring generation of young players.”he added.
The other leaders, including Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and French President Emmanuel Macron, applauded him when they appeared together at a news conference shortly after Croatia advanced to the semi-finals World Cup, eliminating Brazil on penalties. All of them had something to say: Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa congratulated him although “every time Brazil loses, Portugal feels a sadness». Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed the result stating that “European strategic autonomy in football seems to be already being confirmed”.
French President Macron took advantage of a break between two meetings to attend the match as well, accompanying Plenkovic.
Source: News Beast
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