EU | A war of words broke out over the election of the Secretary General of the EU Parliament: Heidi Hautala’s open letter caused Speaker Metsola to burn his ass

Metsola accuses Hautala of speaking differently in meetings than in public. “I don’t recognize the accusation of unfair play,” says Hautala.

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Plans about the election of the new Secretary General and the new department to be established have caused a stir in the European Parliament.

A member of the European parliament has also been involved in the turmoil Heidi Hautala (green), which belongs to the deputy speakers of the parliament. As a member of the presidium, he is part of the group that makes decisions on the administration of the parliament and, with that, also on the selection of a new secretary general.

Hautala and the Speaker of the Parliament Roberta Metsola have drifted into a rare public war of words, where Metsola has, among other things, indirectly accused Hautala of duplicity.

Hautala himself tells HS that he does not feel that he played with two cards.

Parliamentary influential Secretary General Klaus Welle announced at the beginning of June that he was leaving the position, which he has held for a record long time, since 2009.

This set off succession speculation. German Welle’s background is in the parliament’s largest political group, the conservative EPP, which wants to hold on to its seat.

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The task of the Secretary General is similar to that of the Finnish Parliament. He is responsible for the entire administration, which is huge in the European Parliament. Parliamentary total budget is more than two billion euros and in its service has more than 8,000 officials and white-collar workers.

Welle’s handprint is visible. Among other things, he has established the research services in the parliament that are used by MEPs and has tried to increase the influence of the parliament in relation to other EU institutions. It is also to his credit that the parliament has been able to function through the corona epidemic.

New the position of general secretary has reportedly been given to Metsola’s chief of staff For Alessandro Chiocchetti, behind which, in addition to the EPP group, the Renew group and the left would be. The matter has been told by someone who knows the inner circle of Brussels Politico online magazine.

The position of general secretary is open, the application period is until the beginning of August, so other applicants can still come. The selection is made by the board.

In the same context, a new thirteenth general department would be established in the parliament, which would be responsible for the EU Parliament’s relations with other parliaments.

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Functions from already existing main departments would be combined into the department. The position of its leader has been given to the left, which thus got behind Chiocchetti’s choice.

Graveyard sent to Metsola in mid-July an open letter, in which he expressed his concern about the agreement of political groups in relation to personal selections. He was concerned about the transparency and openness of the selection.

In addition, according to Hautala, the decision to establish a new general department was made hastily and without a proper impact assessment.

Hautala refers in his letter to the fact that the package would have included the purchase of a new building in Strasbourg, the city of the plenary session of the Parliament in France.

According to Politico About Metsola’s answer it can be seen that the Speaker has completely exhausted himself because of Hautala’s letter. According to Metsola, Hautala has been present at all the Bureau’s discussions and could have opened his mouth there without resorting to an open letter.

“If you go public, which is of course your right, I would have liked you to state your position as you stated it in the bureau and not the completely opposite position,” Metsola writes.

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Hautala tweeted that in addition to him, five other members of the bureau would have wanted an extension of time to establish a new department.

Graveyard tells HS that he was active in the matter, because the secretary general is an extremely central player in the parliament.

“It would be very unfortunate if the election of the general secretary took place in such a way that other elections were connected to it in order to get a majority behind a certain candidate,” says Hautala.

“As a member of the executive board, I have brought up in meetings that the selection must be open, and the best and most qualified must be chosen. I also submitted that the decision on a new Directorate General should have been returned to be prepared again. I don’t recognize the accusation of unfair play.”

Hautala says that he expects the speaker to focus on the fact that matters are decided openly and fairly.

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