Strasbourg/Ljubljana – President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen has allotted the enlargement portfolio to Slovenian candidate Marta Kos within the new composition of the fee’s workforce. In accordance with Prime Minister Robert Golob, that is proof that “Slovenia is valued and revered within the worldwide neighborhood.” The nomination process for Kos is predicted to be accomplished within the coming days. The chairman of the parliamentary committee on EU affairs from the opposition SDS get together Franc Breznik has known as an pressing committee assembly for Wednesday afternoon. Though the opinion of the committee is non-binding for the federal government, it’s required earlier than the official submission of the nomination to Brussels.
“Slovenia is taking up a accountable job. It has been entrusted with the important thing to making sure stability and peace in our quick neighborhood and past, and how one can contribute to the stabilization of each the Western Balkans and the japanese neighborhood with the assistance of the European thought,” Golob stated on the X community. In a later assertion to the media, he stated that “the added worth that we deliver to this portfolio is our success story over the previous 20 years” and described the assigned portfolio as a “historic achievement.”
Overseas Minister Tanja Fajon welcomed the allocation of the enlargement portfolio within the new European Fee as an excellent recognition for Slovenia. She is assured that Slovenia can show itself very nicely in managing this portfolio within the coming years of the fee’s work.
MEPs from Slovenia are principally happy that the President of the European Fee has allotted the enlargement portfolio to Kos. MEPs from the EPP group are crucial of the method in Slovenia.
On Wednesday afternoon, the parliamentary committee on EU affairs can even focus on the federal government’s proposal for Kos’s nomination, after its chairman Breznik conditioned the convening of the session on acquiring all paperwork concerning the resignation of the earlier candidate Tomaž Vesel, together with a letter from von der Leyen on September 5 to Prime Minister Golob. He confirmed that he had obtained this letter from the federal government at present.
As revealed within the letter, which was printed on the X community by the president of the opposition SDS get together Janez Janša, the President of the European Fee wrote, amongst different issues, that the unique Slovenian candidate for European Commissioner Vesel didn’t have the suitable competences for the place within the European Fee and proposed his alternative. Breznik accused Golob at present of mendacity to the general public that Vesel had resigned on his personal and was additionally crucial of von der Leyen, highlighting accusations of non-transparency in her actions. (September 17)
