In accordance with Von der Leyen, Lahbib must handle crises on the EU degree successfully and oversee European humanitarian help and the EU civil safety mechanism. “Humanitarian help is a world concern, but in addition have a look at the results of local weather change on our continent, equivalent to floods and forest fires. (Lahbib) can even be accountable for the preparation for these occasions,” stated Von der Leyen.
Lahbib is the resigning Minister of Overseas Affairs. She has solely been politically energetic since July 2022 and was proposed as Belgian Eurocommissioner by her social gathering chairman on the Francophone liberals, Georges-Louis Bouchez, after only a few weeks. That the MR was allowed to make the selection was agreed upon by the 5 events (N-VA, MR, Les Engagés, Vooruit, CD&V) that need to kind a brand new federal authorities.
In Belgium, the reactions to Lahbib’s portfolio have been at greatest combined. Some pointed to the truth that it took a really very long time for Belgium to appoint a candidate Eurocommissioner. “Belgian dithering and haggling have sadly saddled us with a weak portfolio,” judged, for instance, MEP Sara Matthieu of Groen. “After a very profitable Belgian presidency, we nonetheless let ourselves be finished out of a big place. It’s excessive time that Belgian politicians higher admire the put up of European commissioner sooner or later.”
