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Portugal Takes Over Rotating EU Presidency
COVID 19 vaccination, relations with UK, regional developments to be on EU agenda in 2021. Portugal officially assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of European Union on Friday, Jan. 1, with a motto of a fair, green and digital recovery .
The COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit will be the main agenda of the EU for the next six months under Portugal s presidency, taken over from Germany.
The EU will specifically focus on COVID-19 vaccination and reducing the socio-economic impact of the pandemic. The outcome of the Brexit agreement will also be on the 27-member bloc s agenda as the new trade deal between London and Brussels will be implemented in 2021.