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Slovenia proposes the former president of the Court of Auditors for European Commissioner

by AI | 27.Jun 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The Slovenian government proposes the former president of the Court of Audit, Tomaž Vesel, as Slovenia’s next European Commissioner.

Slovenian candidate for the future European Commissioner Tomaž Vesel. Photo: Daniel Novaković/STA

Ljubljana – The Slovenian government today began discussing the proposal to nominate the former president of the Court of Auditors Tomaž Vesel as Slovenia’s future European Commissioner. The discussion will continue once it receives a request from Brussels to forward the candidate’s name for European Commissioner.

According to current Slovenian legislation, the government proposes the candidate for European Commissioner, who is also presented to the working body of the National Assembly competent for European affairs, which votes on and gives its opinion on the candidate. This opinion is not binding for the government. The government has not yet sent the proposal to the parliament today but is expected to do so in the coming weeks.

The former president of the Court of Auditors, Vesel, was already presented as a candidate for the future European Commissioner by Prime Minister Robert Golob at his party’s event before the European elections.

Regarding the portfolios that might interest Slovenia, the Prime Minister said in April that he intends to advocate for portfolios other than the one currently held by Commissioner Janez Lenarčič, which might be more important for Slovenia. Lenarčič is currently responsible for crisis management. Vesel mentioned that among the portfolios that interest him are the budget, finance, competition, and democracy. (June 26)