Ljubljana – In Slovenia, the appointment means of the candidate for the brand new European Fee has not been concluded but, after the federal government proposed the previous ambassador Marta Kos for the place on Monday. The federal government is ready for a non-binding opinion from the parliamentary committee on EU affairs, however the committee’s chairman Franc Breznik from the opposition SDS occasion is conditioning the assembly on acquiring further supplies and explanations in regards to the causes for changing the preliminary candidate Tomaž Vesel. Amongst them may very well be a letter from the President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen to Prime Minister Robert Golob.
On Thursday, Breznik stated on the present Tarča on Slovenian Tv that he himself had written to the President of the European Fee. He requested her to ship him the letter through which the Slovenian authorities was supposedly requested to interchange the fee candidate Tomaž Vesel, who withdrew his candidacy on September 6. The federal government then proposed the previous ambassador Marta Kos as the brand new candidate for the European Commissioner on Monday.
On Thursday, Golob stated on the sidelines of the federal government coalition summit that the committee had obtained all of the documentation on the premise of which the federal government selected Kos, however he wouldn’t touch upon confidential discussions.
There are additionally rising pressures on the federal government and the fee from some Slovenian MEPs. MEP Milan Zver (EPP/SDS) despatched a request to the fee to publish all paperwork associated to the appointment means of the Slovenian commissioner, whereas Romana Tomc (EPP/SDS) listed a collection of objections in opposition to Kos to Euronews. Conversely, Matjaž Nemec (S&D/SD) known as for assist for Kos within the curiosity of Slovenia and its additional positioning within the EU.
Von der Leyen nonetheless intends to current her future commissioner group to the European Parliament on Tuesday, as introduced firstly of the week, regardless of the issues with the appointment of the brand new commissioner candidate from Slovenia, stated the fee’s spokesperson Eric Mamer as we speak. There’s nonetheless loads of time till Tuesday, he stated. (September 13)
