The European Fee will “naturally cooperate with them” if the Belgian authorities contact her, the spokesperson stated throughout the every day press convention.
Reynders enjoys, even after his departure as a European Commissioner on December 1, so-called purposeful immunity. Which means that former EU Commissioners “take pleasure in immunity for actions they’ve taken of their official capability,” the spokesperson clarified.
If former EU Commissioners violate obligations they need to nonetheless fulfill after their departure, as stipulated within the Treaty on the European Union, the European Fee or the EU member states can take the matter to the European Courtroom of Justice. “It could actually make selections that, for instance, have an effect on the pension of former members of the faculty,” stated the spokesperson, with out wanting to take a position on this particular concern.
(December 4, 2024)
