Yesterday at a meeting of the Council of the European Union (in this case the ministers of internal affairs) were accepted five new members of the European Court of Auditors, including the candidate Polish MEP Janusz Wojciechowski.
it is good that the government Beaty Szydło was on this firm, upheld the candidacy, despite the fact that the committee of budgetary control, and later the European Parliament did not grant his positive opinion.
While at the plenary session of the EP, among other things thanks to the involvement of MEP left Boguslaw Liberadzki supported our candidacy large part of his faction, but the intransigent attitude of the Platform caused the faction of the European People’s Party voted against this candidacy and the general PE was ultimately negative (288 votes in favor, 358 against, 48 abstentions).
Recall only that in mid-March during a meeting committee on budgetary control of the European Parliament after for the first time since the Polish membership in the European Union there has been a breach of an unwritten rule that the representatives of our country regardless of the represented political option in favor of the Poles in the EU’s position.
just then the committee on budgetary control PE dealt giving opinions on the candidates of the six countries (Polish, Malta, Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia and the Czech Republic), whose representatives end in may this year terms of office at the European Court of Auditors (ECA).
I have been involved in the meeting of the committee (even though I am not a member), as a candidate of the Polish government to the ECA is MEP Janusz Wojciechowski, which have been collaborating for nearly 20 years.
During interview 6 candidates in the commission found that the candidate of the Polish have the highest qualifications merit of all applicants in ETO.
Janusz Wojciechowski is already close to 13 years MEP (since 2004 he is a Member of the European Parliament, and for more than a year before the Polish membership in the EU has been an observer in the EP), more than 20 years he was a judge in Poland since the district court, the district court, appeal, to the Supreme Court, and finally for 6 years he was the president of the Supreme Chamber of control.
so he was a candidate who is familiar with the practice of the functioning of all the European institutions, in particular the EP, has a wealth of experience judges, and finally one finger state control.
It is ideal therefore corresponds to the requirements of names and, consequently, the problem areas dealt with by the European Court of Auditors.
Imagine my surprise when the hearings Janusz Wojciechowski committee two MEP Platform Julia Pitera and Roza Thun ruthlessly attacked the candidacy of our country.
not mincing words, accused him of involvement in national policy, a member of the Law and Justice that they think prevents outright independence, and finally accused him questions about the relationship to the recent judgments of the Constitutional Court and the opinion of the Venice Commission.
Despite the fact that all the other candidates to the ECA were also members of political parties in their countries, in their careers held positions on the recommendation of the political, one of these issues as obstacles to being a member of the Court of Auditors did not raise.
After a discussion, the members of the committee gave a favorable opinion of our candidate (9 votes in favor, 12 votes against, 5 abstentions), despite the fact that it came out best of all the candidates during the interview, there was to him no reservations substantial (positive recommendation did not receive the representatives of Malta and Slovakia, but they were serious reservations substantive).
Beyond any doubt, such a solution the commission was caused by the statements and actions of deputies Platform, which thus broke the unwritten rule in supporting the Poles candidates of our country to the European institutions regardless of the option that they represent.
Let me remind you that the Law and Justice, despite fundamental disagreement with the views of Bronislaw Geremek supported his candidacy for President of the EP, as did the candidacy of Jerzy Buzek on the same position and candidate Donald Tusk as President of the European Council.
More than two years ago, the then MEP Andrew Duda in a way that even an extraordinary meeting of its committee contributed to its position on the opinion on the candidacy of Elizabeth Bieńkowska for the post of EU Commissioner.
Despite the fact that the candidate for EU Commissioner of Polish at the hearing, saying najoględniej not fared best, thanks to its commitment and talks with MEPs from other factions finally obtained a positive opinion.
Finally, MEP Janusz Wojciechowski, a member of the ECA was, and what they did MEPs Platform, can on his candidature in various forums PE arouse only disgust.
but this is a road to nowhere, as evidenced by more and more polls in which quotations Law and Justice dates back to 40 per cent., and PO moves closer to 10 percent.
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