EUU, Alm.del - 2024-25 - Bilag 572: Referat fra COSAC-plenarmødet og Trojka-møde 8-10/6-25 i Warszawa

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TROIKA OF COSAC

ARSAW

, P

OLAND

, 8 J

UNE

2025

PRESENT AT THE MEETING

CHAIR: Ms Agnieszka POMASKA, Chair of the European Union Affairs Committee of the

Sejm of the Republic of Poland and Mr Tomasz GRODZKI, Chair of the European Union

Affairs Committee of the Senate of the Republic of Poland;

Ms Brigitte KLINTSKOV JERKEL, Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the Danish

Folketing;

Mr Henrik BERGGREN MØLLER, Vice-Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the

Danish

Folketing;

Mr Zoltán TESSELY, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs of the Hungarian

Országgyűlés;

Mr Sven SIMON, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European

Parliament.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Ms POMASKA extended words of welcome to the members of the Presidential Troika, and

informed that interpretation into Polish, English, Danish and Hungarian was provided

throughout the meeting.

ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT AGENDA OF THE MEETING OF THE

PRESIDENTIAL TROIKA OF COSAC

Mr GRODZKI introduced the

agenda of the Troika Meeting,

which had been previously

circulated to all delegations, and was adopted without amendments.

APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT PROGRAMME OF THE PLENARY MEETING

OF THE LXXIII COSAC

Ms POMASKA highlighted the main points of the draft

Agenda of the LXXIII plenary meeting

of COSAC.

She noted that the draft agenda had been communicated to all delegations within

the deadlines set out in the Rules of Procedure and it has been published on IPEX. Mr SIMON

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commented on the fact that there was no speaker from the European Commission at any of the

sessions, and that he found this unacceptable. The Chair agreed and regretted that despite best

efforts of the Presidency, Commissioners declined invitations to attend the COSAC plenary

meeting. On a technical note related to the agenda, Ms POMASKA mentioned the expected

number of interventions during each session, as well as the time allocated for taking the floor.

However, she also underlined that there would be a possibility to sign up to take the floor during

the debate, which means that the final number of interventions, and therefore, the time frame,

might be subject to change and would be announced before each session.

PRESENTATION OF THE 43RD BI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COSAC

The Permanent Member of the COSAC Secretariat, Mr Jakob SJÖVALL, gave a brief

overview of the background and content of the

43rd Bi-annual Report of COSAC.

CO-FUNDING OF THE PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE COSAC

SECRETARIAT

Mr GRODZKI informed the Troika members on the co-funding of the COSAC Permanent

Member. The Polish Presidency had invited Parliaments/Chambers to renew their commitment

to the co-financing agreement for the period from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2027. He

announced that 39 out of the 39 National Parliaments/Chambers had signed and sent their

letters of intent indicating that they are willing to participate in the co-financing for the above

stated period, and therefore the co-financing of the Permanent Member and the office of the

COSAC Secretariat would continue.

Ms KLINTSKOV JERKEL took the floor and congratulated the Polish Presidency on

achieving the continued support for the co-financing. She also referred to the incoming Danish

Presidency, and reminded colleagues that during the Danish Presidency the appointment of the

Permanent Member for the period 2026-2027 would be settled. In light of this, she brought the

attention of the Troika members to the fact that under the current system, the co-financing only

covers some costs associated with seconding the Permanent Member to the Secretariat.

Notably, the salary is not covered by the co-financing mechanism. She announced that this may

lead to difficulties in finding administrations who are willing to second a person for the

position. Thus, in the interest of securing a long-term solution for the Secretariat, the Danish

Presidency will strive to update the co-financing so that it will cover all costs associated with

seconding one staff member to the position of Permanent Member. She noted that she would

submit a concrete proposal to all delegations on a new financial arrangement based on full

common financing as soon as the Danish Parliament takes over the presidency of COSAC on

1 July, to allow members to assess the idea on a fully informed basis. Ms KLINTSKOV

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JERKEL informed that the new proposal would cost each Parliament an additional amount of

approximately 3,000 EUR a year.

Mr GRODZKI thanked her for the information and emphasized that while amendments to the

co-funding system could be discussed, the process would not begin during the Polish

Presidency. Mr GRODZKI voiced the opinion that new arrangements could come into force in

2028, once the co-financing agreement for 2026–2027 expires. In the meantime, new terms for

co-funding the COSAC Permanent Member could be developed.

DRAFT CONTRIBUTION AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE PLENARY

MEETING OF THE LXXIIi COSAC

Ms POMASKA introduced the procedure regarding the adoption of Contribution and

Conclusions by the LXXIII COSAC.

She recalled that drafts of the COSAC Conclusions and Contribution had been circulated to

delegations with the possibility to propose amendments until 30 May. She noted that several

amendments to the draft Contribution had been put forward by delegations within the set

deadline and that based on this, a draft compromise proposal of Contribution had been

circulated to the Troika on 6 June. Additional proposals for changes to the draft Contribution

were made during the meeting by Mr SIMON and Mr TESSELY. Following a discussion about

these points, the Troika reached a consensus regarding its proposal for the draft Contribution,

except for paragraph 10, which was noted in the document. The revised Troika compromise

version of the draft Contribution was circulated to delegations after the meeting.

LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE PRESIDENCY

Mr GRODZKI went on to inform the Troika members about the letters received by the

Presidency. These included requests to participate in the LXXIII COSAC meeting from the

Andorran

Consell General,

Armenian

Azgayin Zhoghov,

Monégasque

National Council,

Icelandic

Alþingi,

and the United Kingdom

House of Commons.

After consultation with the

Troika, these had been replied favourably. A letter had also been sent from the Chair of the

European Affairs Committee of the Portuguese

Assembleia da República,

explaining the

reasons the Portuguese committee wasn’t able to participate. Similarly, there was a letter from

the Chair of the Grand Committee of the Finnish

Eduskunta,

explaining that she was not able

to attend and mentioning the Finish amendment to the draft Contribution. The Presidency had

also received a letter from the Chair of the Committee on European Affairs and oversight of

European Funds of the Bulgarian

Narodno sabranie,

concerning the application of EU

membership of North Macedonia. All the letters had been uploaded to IPEX.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS

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No further points were raised.