BRUSSELS – Croatian candidate for Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica efficiently concluded the listening to on Tuesday and obtained the mandatory two-thirds majority of the parliamentary teams.
Instantly after the assembly, the coordinators of the parliamentary teams from the overseas affairs committee, earlier than whom Šuica was heard, met.
The coordinators of 4 pro-European events, the European Individuals’s Get together, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, the liberals (Renew), and the Greens voted for Šuica, in keeping with sources from the assembly.
Opposed have been two excessive teams, one from the left, the opposite from the precise, particularly representatives of the Left and Europe of Sovereign Nations. One other far-right celebration, Patriots for Europe, was in favor of sending Šuica further written questions looking for sure clarifications.
Which means Šuica acquired greater than the required two-thirds majority. Parliamentary teams that positively evaluated Šuica have 59 members within the committee, and the two-thirds majority is 51.
Instantly after the coordinator’s assembly ended, the European Individuals’s Get together (EPP), the biggest political group to which Šuica belongs, made an announcement congratulating her on her affirmation as commissioner candidate.
“Congratulations to Dubravka Šuica on affirmation as the brand new Commissioner for the Mediterranean,” the EPP introduced on the social community X. (November 5, 2024)
