Negotiations to unblock the path of Teresa Ribera to Brussels and the whole of the European Commission They leave many readings. He PP Spaniard was left alone in his attempt to overthrow the socialist candidacy. The whole of his political family led by Manfred Weber gave the green light to Ribera. The social democratic family and in particular its leader, Iratxe García Pérezthey also get hurt. While the European Parliament as an institution saw its image damaged after the commissioners’ evaluation process was hostage to national political battles.
The intention of Genoa was to bring down Ribera, linking her to the management of DANA. The party led by Dolors Montserrat In the European Parliament he managed to gain time by postponing the agreement for a week and focusing on the still vice president of the Spanish Government whom they tried to hold responsible for the mismanagement of natural disaster that has devastated the Valencian Country. “She came to be vice president and number two of the European Commission and has ended up begging for support from Meloni and Orbán to be commissioner. Our principles remain intact: Ribera has not had and will never have our support. She will have to resign if she is charged,” said Montserrat after the green light from the European Parliament to the six vice presidents and the candidate for commissioner proposed by the ultra Viktor Orbán.
However, Feijóo’s PP not only failed to prevent Ribera from becoming the commissioner and vice president with the most power, weight and powers on December 1. Berlaymontbut also failed in his attempt to force her to resign if she is finally prosecuted by DANA. The only thing they scratched during the evaluation of those responsible for the verdict of their examination is to carry out an annex together with the Orbán Patriots, a group to which it belongs Voxwhich is not binding.
“It was about doing a Fitto for Ribera, not about making Ribera fall. That delirium was just Feijóo’s thing. Weber allowed them to gain time to defocus after the DANA, but he was not going to support any incendiary strategy. The PP is doing just fine in Europe. Hyperventilation and pride. They have been left alone fleeing forward“analyses the former MEP from Add María Eugenia Rodríguez, on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
In parallel, this game of trading cards has taken its toll on European social democracy, divided over the agreement. The French and German delegations have been particularly harsh with García Pérez’s green light to the far-right candidates of Orbán and Meloni. “I condemn the validation in the European Parliament of a far-right executive vice-president of the Commission. Together with my colleagues in the delegation, Next week I will vote against the Commission as a whole“warns the socialist MEP Christophe Clergeau.
The second family of the European Parliament had maintained for months that would apply the cordon sanitaire to the ultra forcesbut in the arduous negotiations that lasted for a week, the yes to the Italian Raffaele Fitto and to Hungarian Oliver Várhelyi were the only way to unlock the impasse and allow the Von der Leyen Commission 2.0 to get rolling following the planned schedule and avoiding uncertainty in a highly volatile global moment. García Pérez faces the legislature with the stain of having endorsed the ultras – something inevitable in some way because the national governments are the ones competent to nominate their commissioners – and with his own ranks revolted and dissatisfied.
Also reinforced by this crisis comes the German Weber, who endorsed the discourse of instrumentalizing the “affair Ribera” until he had already made it profitable. The popular leader put Ursula von der Leyen on the ropes, with whom he shares nationality and party, but with whom he has a relationship of rivalry. Weber has always aspired to occupy Von der Leyen’s position Thus, he slammed his fist on the table, setting the times and making it clear that he had the power to compile the start of the new community Executive.
“A democratic shame. Far-right candidates welcome in the heart of the EU,” denounces the Left
The evaluation process of commissioners in the European Parliament It has also been stained. The image transmitted is that the candidates to join the college of commissioners have been examined based on a history and aptitudes prisoners of their political card and not based on their capabilities for the position in question. “A democratic shame. Secret agreements. Zero scrutiny. Far-right candidates welcome in the heart of the EU. The European Parliament has betrayed its duty to hold the Executive accountable. We demand transparency, accountability and the end of this fraudulent process“, denounces the Left group. The European Parliament also demonstrates that barks but doesn’t bite and yields to the European Commission.
Finally, one of the factors that helped overcome this obstacle was the coalition agreement reached by the Popular Party, Social Democrats and Liberals to commit to acting in good faith over the next five years and providing stability in the legislature. But the starting point is dark. Trust between Christian Democrats and progressives is at historic lows.
Furthermore, the nine-point text is very ambiguous and vague. It refers to the need to “build an EU based on common values to face global challenges and defend democratic institutions.” And he invites to form this alliance, paraphrasing Von der Leyen, the “pro-Ukraine, pro-Rule of Law and pro-European” forces, characteristics that the EPP considers that the ultra Meloni meets. Next week, the Plenary of Strasbourg will hold the vote for the new Commission. Everything indicates that the arithmetic will be much weaker than the one Von der Leyen received in Julywhen MEPs blessed her as re-elected president.
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