
Timetable for Commissioner Candidates’ Parliamentary Hearings Revealed
The five executive vice presidents and the foreign affairs chief will be questioned by MEPs last, after every other commissioner candidate has been approved or rejected.

The five executive vice presidents and the foreign affairs chief will be questioned by MEPs last, after every other commissioner candidate has been approved or rejected.

As expected, the Patriots–the Parliament’s third largest party group—was completely passed over.

The Commission president continues to struggle with her self-inflicted gender woes.

Slovenia’s right-wing opposition refuses to cooperate in switching to a female candidate unless the government releases von der Leyen’s letter pushing for the swap.

The Commission president insisted on selecting a female candidate—one alleged to have helped mastermind a major ‘cash-for-passports’ scandal years ago.

The country caved to Ursula von der Leyen, who strong-armed it into dropping its male candidate.

One country caved, but von der Leyen is still trying to get five others to change their picks to women.

The Brussels establishment calls Olivér Várhelyi “controversial” for doing his job.

The issue of affordable housing is normally the competence of member states, but Brussels’ overreach apparently knows no limits.

The call comes after the party won 25.4% of the vote in the European elections.