26/09/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 26 September, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, took the view that certain permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (France, the United Kingdom, the United States, China and Russia) were not living up to their responsibilities. “A permanent seat on this Security Council is not a privilege, it is a responsibility – a grave responsibility bestowed on only five nations: to be the guardians of world peace. Today, some of these members are not living up to their responsibilities”, he denounced in a speech to the EU Council. He called for the Security Council to be reformed, to make it “more inclusive, more legitimate and more effective”. “In all the darkness, we must be a spark bringing more light and more hope to the world”, he added, saying it was time for all the permanent members to assume their “historic responsibility”. (CG)