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The Slovenia case risks delaying the new Commission

by AI | 15.Sep 2024 | Europe in brief AI

The Slovenian delegation of the EPP, which voted against von der Leyen as Spitzenkandidat, announced in recent hours that it will not support the candidate chosen by its own government.

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Brussels (ANSA) – The Slovenian case risks further delaying the presentation of the new Commission by Ursula von der Leyen. Tomorrow, in Ljubljana, a vote is expected by the local parliamentary committee on the new candidate for the Commission, Marta Kos, chosen by Prime Minister Robert Golob after the withdrawal of Tomaz Vesel. The committee, however, is chaired by the (SDS) party of former Prime Minister Janez Jansa, which is aligned with the People’s Party but has long taken Eurosceptic and certainly anti-von der Leyen positions.

And the party could refuse to schedule the vote of the parliamentary committee, thus further delaying the formal completion of the candidates. The Slovenian delegation of the EPP, which voted against von der Leyen as Spitzenkandidat, announced in the past few hours that they will not support the candidate chosen by their own government. But discontent also affects the Slovenian delegation in the socialist group that has submitted a request for access to documents to obtain information on the real reason why Vesel withdrew.

“In light of the serious lack of information in Slovenian public opinion regarding the nomination process of the new commissioner and the failure to disclose official documents by the government of the Republic of Slovenia, which further reinforces distrust in the process, I formally request the European Commission to publish all documents relating to the nomination of this year’s Slovenian commissioner that have been exchanged between the European Commission and the government of the Republic of Slovenia,” announced MEP Milan Zver (12 September).