Brussels (ANSA) – 5 days stay till the deadline set by President Ursula von der Leyen to current the candidate commissioners who will sit within the subsequent European Fee. The heavyweights have already supplied their champions. Nonetheless, the record lacks Italy, the one large nation that has not but formally expressed itself. Raffaele Fitto is in pole place, however his identify has not but been formalized in Brussels.
Of the 27 positions up for grabs, two have already been assigned, with von der Leyen confirmed as president and former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas set to develop into the following Excessive Consultant (pending Euro Parliament approval, in her case). Thus, 25 positions stay. Other than Spain, solely 5 member states haven’t but expressed themselves: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Portugal, and, certainly, Italy.
In some circumstances, the delays are fairly comprehensible. In Belgium, political forces are negotiating to type a authorities after final June’s elections and subsequently the brand new Commissioner file has not but been addressed: a circumstance that might favor the outgoing Didier Reynders. Bulgaria, too, is within the midst of a political disaster. In Denmark, lastly, the federal government of Mette Frederiksen ought to mix the appointment of the Commissioner with a authorities reshuffle.
However the image is now pretty full, though delicate. Von der Leyen had requested capitals to offer two names, a person and a girl, to advertise gender steadiness. Properly, nobody from Croatia, Finland, and Sweden no less than has proposed girls (as Madrid is predicted to do). As many as 16 solely males. France, Hungary, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Slovakia, by confirming the present Commissioners, have escaped the trouble by benefiting from the waiver granted by the president on this particular case.
The tandem thought, which in von der Leyen’s technique was purported to favor gender quotas, will find yourself producing a Fee with fewer girls than the earlier one. Opening the best way for a doable dispute with the Euro Parliament (August 26).
