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Plenković does not want to reveal which portfolio in the EC he wants for Šuica

by AI | 21.Aug 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The Croatian Prime Minister does not reveal which portfolio in the new Commission he is considering for the proposed candidate Dubravka Šuica. He hinted that he is lobbying for a specific area for which the Croatian member of the Commission would be responsible.

Zagreb, 20.08.2024. - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković participated in the 2nd session of the European Affairs Committee of the Croatian Parliament, where he presented the Report on the candidate of the Republic of Croatia for the member of the European Commission, Dubravka Šuica, for the mandate period from 2024-2029. In the photo Dubravka Šuica, Andrej Plenković. photo HINA / Edvard ŠUŠAK / es

ZAGREB – The current Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) Dubravka Šuica has been re-nominated for a member of the EU executive body based on her results and political legitimacy, but it is still not time to speculate about the portfolio she will manage, said Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Tuesday.

Šuica, Vice-President of the EC in charge of demography and democracy, presented herself to the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs on Tuesday and spoke about her work so far and the priorities of the future Commission.

At the beginning of August, the government proposed her again for a member of the European Commission for the term from 2024 to 2029.

The former mayor of Dubrovnik, member of parliament, and member of the European Parliament is once again the Croatian candidate for the Commission “based on her results,” said the Prime Minister.

He did not want to say yet which portfolio Šuica will manage, but hinted that it will have a Director-General.

She has been elected to the European Parliament four times, knows the work of that body, knows the work of the European Commission, is Vice-President of the European People’s Party, works excellently with the Croatian government, has visited all the countries of the European Union, and works on topics that are extremely important to Croatia, said the Prime Minister.

It is necessary to first await the “entire architecture” of the new composition of the EU executive body, the Prime Minister continued.

“I understand the interest from you and the public,” he said to the MPs. “However, this is not done for tactical reasons,” said Plenković and hinted that Croatia has a desire for certain portfolios and is lobbying in that direction.

Opposition MPs criticized Šuica with claims that she has achieved nothing “tangible” in the field of demography and democracy in her current mandate. (August 20, 2024)