The examination in the European Parliament of the third vice president of the Government, Teresa Ribera, to become executive vice president for a Clean, Fair and Competitive Transition and responsible for the Competition portfolio of the European Commission, has been marked by national policy and, specifically , for the reproaches for their lack of responsibility in the face of the natural disaster derived from Dana in the Levant and south of the country. Some reproaches against which the Minister for the Ecological Transition has ignored all the controversy about Moncloa’s action in Dana and has affirmed that “the alerts were issued in an appropriate time.” Furthermore, he has stressed that the responsibility for the response to Dana corresponds to the Valencian Executive of Carlos Mazón.
“In a decentralized country such as Germany, the national government has responsibility for weather alerts and water flow in real time and the rest is a regional responsibility, as in other decentralized states,” indicated the aspiring commissioner. He has defended so “The alerts were issued in an appropriate time”to highlight that the notice had been sent by the national Executive at 7 in the morning.
Ribera has shown that while some entities such as universities decided to suspend their activity “it was not the case for other local entities.” His warning was clear: “Not taking warnings seriously” has “catastrophic consequences”. In any case, he has postponed the conversation to next week: “we will return to this. I will go to the Congress in Madrid next week.”
The reply was given to the question posed by the popular MEP, Dolors Monserrat, who not only criticized that Ribera appeared before the European Parliament and not in Congress due to her responsibilities for the Dana in Valencia, but also warned her that “history and perhaps the judges will judge her for her inaction and incompetence”. In a further step, the popular MEP stated that “this exam is unnecessary. Fifteen days ago she faced the exam of her life in Valencia. As the current Minister of Climate she has failed. It was up to her to have avoided the tragedy because she is responsible for prevention, preparation and response to climate disasters”.
The day of evaluation of the candidate for vice president of the European Commission by Spain began dotted with controversy. Before starting the evaluation, the deadlines changed. The vote of the European Parliament coordinators was postponed for Ribera’s candidacy, scheduled for Tuesday after the hearing, and all future vice presidents of the European Commission, in principle for next week.
There was no shortage of reproaches, boos and disbelief during the Spanish woman’s appearance. In a round of questions and answers chanted by boos, Vox MEP Jorge Buxadé criticized Ribera for his inaction as a catalyst for the floods of recent weeks. “Lack of budget support makes it difficult to invest in public services,” replied the Spanish candidate.
The far-right MEP did not skimp on listing a list of actions under the responsibility of the Minister of Ecological Transition, from information on the overflow to the execution of the works of the national hydrological plan. “It was bad luck that the crisis – the financial crisis of 2008 – destroyed investment capacity in Spain. The lack of support for budgets makes it difficult to invest in public services. Cutting taxes makes it difficult to have resources“Ribera argued.
The socialist has advocated avoiding words of reproach and “reinforcing preparation and alerts” so that “people can be protected.” In a further step, he has criticized the Vox MEP that there is no “nothing is more dangerous than undermining the credibility of the institutions that warn us.”
On the economic level, Ribera has committed to simplifying the framework of “state aid, giving priority to the aid that most distorts competition.” The objective is for this new framework to accelerate “the deployment of renewable energies, allow industrial decarbonization and guarantee sufficient manufacturing capacity for clean technologies.”
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