The postponement spares Ursula von der Leyen from having to answer uncomfortable questions right before the European elections.
“It’s an outrage to kill someone’s microphone just because you don’t like what you’re hearing,” MEP Christine Anderson said after parliamentary president Roberta Metsola prevented her from speaking.
Coalition partner Lega calls out premier for being too soft on Commission president for role in scandal
Probe into dubious vaccine procurement could dent Commission chief von der Leyen’s reelection hopes.
“The nature and scale of maladministration I have found [within the EU] requires a broader public debate,” Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly said.
How can we believe the EU is still a democracy if the Commission president is running things in such an authoritarian way?
Bribes and luxury gifts link EU’s second-biggest political group to scandal.
President von der Leyen forgets that she’s supposed to be a servant of EU member states, not the supreme ruler of Europe.
Teresa Anjinho pledged to hold EU executives to “the highest transparency standards,” but her political affiliations might say otherwise.
The document identifies 18 systemic shortcomings in Brussels, mostly linked to “attempts to arbitrarily and stealthily extend competences in contravention of the Treaties.”
