{"id":4577,"date":"2020-04-02T13:18:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=4577"},"modified":"2020-04-02T13:18:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T13:18:08","slug":"parliaments-attack-on-jeleva-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=4577","title":{"rendered":"Parliament\u2019s attack on Jeleva intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h1>Parliament\u2019s attack on Jeleva intensifies<\/h1>\n<p class=\"subhead\">Approval of next European Commission in doubt.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p class=\"byline\">European Voice<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<footer class=\"meta\">\n<p>\n\t\t\tBy\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vcard\">Simon Taylor<\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"timestamp\">1\/15\/10, 8:07 AM CET<\/p>\n<p class=\"updated\">Updated 4\/12\/14, 6:57 PM CET<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>The president of the European Parliament today raised the stakes in the dispute over Rumiana Jeleva, the Bulgarian nominee for European commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Jerzy Buzek sent a letter to European Commission President Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso, asking him whether Jeleva\u2019s declaration of her financial interests complies with the code of conduct for European commissioners and whether he considers that Jeleva is still a suitable candidate for commissioner.<BR><\/p>\n<p>The letter follows a poor performance by Jeleva in her hearing before the Parliament\u2019s development committee on Tuesday (12 January). MEPs were dissatisfied both by her answers to questions on her financial interests and on her dossier \u2013 she has been designated for the portfolio of international co-operation, humanitarian aid and crisis management.<\/p>\n<p>MEPs accused her of failing to give a clear account of her involvement with a Bulgarian firm called Global Consult. <\/p>\n<p>Martin Schulz, leaders of the Socialists and Democrats group (S&amp;D) said Jeleva \u201cis not up to the job\u201d. The majority of political delegations on the committee including S&amp;D, the Liberals, the Greens and the European United Left, are withholding approval for Jeleva to become commissioner for humanitarian aid. <\/p>\n<p>Publicly, the European People\u2019s Party (EPP) group in the Parliament, to which Jeleva belongs, is defending her. J\u00f3zsef Sz\u00e1jer, a Hungarian MEP who is the EPP\u2019s co-ordinator for the hearings, said that Jeleva had been the victim of a \u201cwitch-hunt\u201d and that she had been unfairly treated by the committee. <\/p>\n<p>The committee will meet again in Strasbourg on 18 January to discuss Jeleva\u2019s suitability for the post. <\/p>\n<p>EPP MEPs have raised doubts about a socialist candidate for commissioner in a move which many observers see as an attempt to pressure the socialists not to block Jeleva. On Wednesday Sz\u00e1jer accused Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d, Slovakia\u2019s commissioner-designate who is supposed to be in charge of relations with other EU institutions, of making anti-Roma remarks. \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d, whose hearing takes place in Strasbourg on 18 January at 4pm, has said he has no recollection of making any such remarks and has stressed the work he has done on improving conditions for Roma and has received support from Roma organisations.<\/p>\n<p>The prospects for Barroso\u2019s line-up were further complicated today when MEPs decided that Neelie Kroes, the Dutch liberal who has been assigned the portfolio of information technology and the digital agenda, should be called back for a meeting with the political group co-ordinators on the Parliament\u2019s industry committee. She had performed badly in her hearing last night.<\/p>\n<p><BR>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"content-credits\">\n<h6>Authors:<\/h6>\n<dl class=\"vcard\">\n<dt class=\"credits-author\"><span class=\"vcard\">Simon Taylor<\/span>&nbsp;<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament\u2019s attack on Jeleva intensifies Approval of next European Commission in doubt. European Voice By Simon Taylor 1\/15\/10, 8:07 AM CET Updated 4\/12\/14, 6:57 PM CET The president of the European Parliament today raised the stakes in the dispute over Rumiana Jeleva, the Bulgarian nominee for European commissioner. 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