Slovenia Ends Deadlock by Finalizing Commissioner Selection
Nothing in the treaties says the Commission president can reject a candidate before the parliamentary hearings, but that’s exactly what von der Leyen did.
Nothing in the treaties says the Commission president can reject a candidate before the parliamentary hearings, but that’s exactly what von der Leyen did.
As expected, the Patriots–the Parliament’s third largest party group—was completely passed over.
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 country caved to Ursula von der Leyen, who strong-armed it into dropping its male candidate.
“Many Slovenians do not understand why a party calling itself the ‘Freedom Movement’ seeks to silence political dissidents and, in practice, to end freedom of expression.”
The EU is silent as a leftist government shuts down conservative media.
“We are not afraid of you. We will continue our work,” director of Nova24TV Boris Tomašič said.
The West lacks leaders capable of strategic thinking in key positions.
“All these rule of law and media freedom fighters are loud when attacking right-wing governments and remain silent when the rule of law is violated by the Left,” declares leading Slovenian MEP.
Watchdog tells EU Commission to provide the paperwork showing how its top openness operative was mixed up in a media takeover.
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