BRUSSELS – The hearings for candidates for European Fee commissioners will probably be held initially of subsequent month, from November 4 to 12, determined the management of the European Parliament on Wednesday.
The hearings of the brand new commissioners will probably be held between November 4 and 12. With the mandate given by the European residents, the representatives will ask questions, assess, study, and vote,” introduced the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola on the social community X.
The choice was made on the convention of European Parliament presidents, a physique composed of the president and the leaders of parliamentary teams.
It was additionally decided on the assembly which parliamentary committees the person candidates for commissioners will probably be liable for. Croatian candidate Dubravka Šuica, who has been proposed as commissioner for the Mediterranean, will probably be heard earlier than the International Affairs Committee.
This week, the European Parliament’s Committee on Authorized Affairs (Juri) started the method of checking the declarations of curiosity of candidates for commissioners to find out the potential existence of conflicts of curiosity for the duties for which they’re proposed.
Earlier than the candidates for commissioners may even take part within the hearings, the Authorized Affairs Committee checks the monetary state of affairs of every candidate to make sure that there isn’t a battle of curiosity. A listening to can solely happen when this committee approves it.
The committee’s assessments of potential conflicts of curiosity are based mostly solely on the candidates’ declarations of curiosity for commissioners. If a battle of curiosity is discovered, the committee can suggest an answer for the candidate to resolve it, and as a final resort, could conclude that the candidate can’t be a commissioner.
Throughout the formation of the present Fee in 2019, two candidates didn’t cross that first check. Because of suspicions of battle of curiosity, the Authorized Affairs Committee rejected the candidates from Hungary (Laszlo Trócsányi) and Romania (Rovana Plumb).
The Committee on Authorized Affairs has till October 18 to finish the verification course of for any potential conflicts of curiosity. (October 2, 2024)