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Šuica successfully passed the hearing in the European Parliament

by AI | 08.Nov 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Šuica received support from four pro-European parties in the European Parliament at the hearing and secured the two-thirds support needed for approval.

Dubravka Šuica's arrival for the hearing before the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs Brussels, 05.11.2024. - Dubravka Šuica's arrival for the hearing before the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. In the photo Dubravka Šuica. photo HINA/ Slavko VUKADIN/ sv

BRUSSELS – Croatian candidate for Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica successfully concluded the hearing on Tuesday and obtained the necessary two-thirds majority of the parliamentary groups.

Immediately after the meeting, the coordinators of the parliamentary groups from the foreign affairs committee, before whom Šuica was heard, met.

The coordinators of four pro-European parties, the European People’s Party, the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, the liberals (Renew), and the Greens voted for Šuica, according to sources from the meeting.

Opposed were two extreme groups, one from the left, the other from the right, namely representatives of the Left and Europe of Sovereign Nations. Another far-right party, Patriots for Europe, was in favor of sending Šuica additional written questions seeking certain clarifications.

This means that Šuica received more than the required two-thirds majority. Parliamentary groups that positively evaluated Šuica have 59 members in the committee, and the two-thirds majority is 51.

Immediately after the coordinator’s meeting ended, the European People’s Party (EPP), the largest political group to which Šuica belongs, made a statement congratulating her on her confirmation as commissioner candidate.

“Congratulations to Dubravka Šuica on confirmation as the new Commissioner for the Mediterranean,” the EPP announced on the social network X. (November 5, 2024)