The new European Commission starts work on time? – Polish Radio

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– As of today, there is a risk of delay – Schinas said. – We will be able to judge how serious is the risk that, at the end of this week – he said, summing up on Wednesday completed the hearings of the commissioners in the European Parliament.

The main reason for the possible delay is the confusion that arose after the decision of the Committee EuropeanParliament. industry and on. environment that on Wednesday evening rejected the candidacy of Slovene Alenki Bratuszek on the European Commission’s Vice-President. energy union. This is the only negative give an opinion on the candidate of the 27 nominees for commissioners, but MEPs also want to Juncker entrusted the Hungarians Tibor Navracsicsowi different range of competences and. According to the plans Juncker Navracsics has to deal with education, culture, youth and citizenship matters.
Formally euposłowie can not reject individual candidates for commissioners and only vote on the whole Commission, which – according to current plans – is a stand at the plenary session in Strasbourg between 20 and 23 October. Therefore, ignoring the demands of the committee EuropeanParliament risk losing the whole Commission.

In the afternoon, Juncker said that the Slovenian Alenka Bratuszek resigns to run for the office of Commissioner.

Conference of Presidents postponed the decision ws. Commission
Only at the beginning of next week, not Thursday as originally planned, the Conference Presidents have to give a final opinion on the future of the Commission. – I understand that a meeting is planned devoted ago now for next week – said Schinas.
He added that Juncker is satisfied that the hearing 26 of the 27 candidates commissioners ended positively. – Now the ball is on the side of the European Parliament, which must lead to the end of the process. Chairman Juncker is in constant contact with the President of the European Parliament and the heads of the political groups and the Lublaną- spokesman.
On Wednesday evening, Prime Minister of Slovenia Miro Cerar announced that a new candidate for EU commissioner will be ejected “for two- three days. ” The two largest political groups in the EP: the center-right European People’s Party and the Socialists and Democrats declared Thursday that a good candidate for commissioner would be the Slovenian Social Democratic MEP Tanja Fajon. – An application Tanja Fajon would give a guarantee that the new Commission would start work on time – said the head of the Socialists in the European Parliament Gianni Pittella.
Head of the EPP Manfred Weber appealed to the government in Ljubljana, to nominate the place Bratuszek “candidate with experience.” – Ideal would be suitable MEP Tanja Fajon – he added. Fajon was one of three possible candidates to the European Commission proposed in August by the Slovenian government, but Juncker chose the Bratuszek.
– In the interest of European citizens is that a strong European Commission started to work as quickly as possible. We are ready to cooperate with the Slovenian government and political parties to avoid another failure – added Weber.
As explained on Thursday, a source close to the EC, to the Slovenian Government could report a new candidate for the new Commission, it would have to resign itself Bratuszek and revised list of candidates would then approve the EU Council (ie national governments). The second possibility is the rejection by the European Parliament the whole of the currently proposed composition of the Commission and to propose new list Commissioners.

PAP / agkm

The new European Commission starts work on time? – Polish Radio