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Brussels – The Czech candidate for European Commissioner Jozef Síkela, who’s to be accountable for worldwide partnerships, agreed with MEPs on the significance of combating unlawful migration. In an announcement after a three-hour “grilling” within the Improvement Committee (DEVE), he mentioned that he didn’t encounter any main disagreements or stress in the course of the listening to, and that he had been getting ready intensively for the questions in latest weeks.
“At the moment’s listening to confirmed what I anticipated, specifically that we’ve a shared curiosity in serving to improvement support, however that we additionally have to take extra account of financial safety points,” mentioned the Czech candidate for European Commissioner in his handle to MEPs. He said that the dialogue was primarily about find out how to proceed improvement support and the way the EU desires to advertise European values in companion nations, whether or not or not it’s human rights or gender equality.
In line with Síkela, there have been a number of moments in the course of the debate when “to some extent there was disagreement throughout the political spectrum”, as representatives of political factions with extra left-wing, centrist and extra right-wing views have totally different opinions on the best methods of fixing points. “Nonetheless, I attempted to discover a stability inside these totally different views and emphasize that in a worldwide world we’re not alone and that our pursuit of perfection and correctness typically backfires on us as a result of our rivals are very assertive and really aggressive and don’t bear in mind the important thing values we are attempting to symbolize,” mentioned the previous Czech Minister.
In line with Czech MEP Ondřej Kolář (TOP 09) of the EPP’s Individuals’s Celebration faction, to which Síkela additionally belongs, the Czech candidate is extremely valued amongst his colleagues for his expertise from the personal sector. “The truth that he labored within the banking sector could also be a plus for him as a result of banks additionally contribute to improvement support, and he is aware of this topic, albeit from a unique perspective,” mentioned Kolář, who’s a so-called substitute within the DEVE Committee.
His German colleague from the identical committee and similar faction Hildegard Bentele appreciated Síkela’s dedication to fulfilling concrete obligations in the course of the listening to. “He tried to be balanced in his responses and promised higher involvement of the European Parliament, which is essential additionally for my colleagues from different factions,” mentioned Bentele. (6 November)
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