What is your overall impression of how commissioner-designate performed?
Well briefed and prepared. For the complex issues he read his answers nicely.
Mr Hogan clearly has a neoliberal world view.
Were there particular issues or answers that stood out – either in a positive or negative se...
What is your overall impression of how commissioner-designate Navracsics performed?
He is a very talkative and eloquent person, but absolutely not ready for any self criticism and not ready to admit his role in the introduction of the media freedom hobbling law in Hungary. He...
What is your overall impression of how Commissioner-Designate Jourová performed?
It certainly seems that she has been given a portfolio with such breadth and depth that tending to all relevant issues satisfactorily seems impossible. She did not explain how she would defend her portfolio within the...
Catalan referendum – MEPs address open letter to EP President
In a joint initiative, MEPs from several political groups have written to the President of the European Parliament to take issue with the refusal of Spanish authorities to allow a consultation on Catalonia's constitutional future.
In an open letter they explain that the Catalan Parliament approved a...
When: 15h00 – Thursday 2 October
Where: Press Room PHS 0A50 (Salle Anna Politkovskaya), European Parliament, Brussels.
With MEPs:
Ernest Maragall (Greens/EFA)Ramon Tremosa (ALDE)Ernest Urtasun (Greens/EFA)Francesc Gambús (EPP)
Following the recent decision of Spain's cons...
Green MEPs Bas Eickhout and Claude Turmes deem energy and climate commissioner-designate Cañete unsuitable. He has failed to allay the serious concerns about the conflicts of interest regarding his nomination as EU climate and energy commissioner, notably the continued involvement of his brother-in-law in the oil industry. For the Greens/…
