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Madrid – The Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, expressed her confidence this Tuesday in being able to continue working for a more integrated Europe if confirmed as a future commissioner of the European Union (EU).
“It is no secret that the Government of Spain, the President of the Government, has raised the possibility of me being the member representing Spain in the College of Commissioners, thinking precisely that the correct combination of the social green agenda and listening to people is the best way to achieve economic progress,” she highlighted in a press conference following the Council of Ministers.
Despite this, Ribera called for “prudence and calm,” as, according to the minister, the EU must fit the proposals, the preferences of the member states, and the candidate for the presidency of the Commission has to negotiate these balances.
“It is very likely that there is no candidate to be an EU commissioner who has at least 30% support from their voters in the European elections as is the case with Spain’s and the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party’s proposal,” the minister noted as factors in favor of her candidacy’s position.
Waiting to see “how that picture ends,” Ribera considered that work must continue in favor of a more integrated Europe that, in her opinion, updates a project and a vision of the world’s challenges.
“This, necessarily, and in an essential way, involves understanding environmental challenges, equality challenges, social challenges,” she concluded.
Ribera, who was the head of the PSOE list in the European Elections, resigned a week ago from taking her seat as a member of the European Parliament, allowing her to remain in the Government while waiting to take up a position, as a representative of Spain, in the new European Commission. (July 9)