Weber orders European PP to vote in favor of Von der Leyen government, including Teresa Ribera

The President of the European People’s Party, Manfred Weber, brought his group together to transfer voting order next week in favor of the new College of Commissioners proposed by Ursula von der Leyen, with Teresa Ribera included.

As revealed by ‘OkDiario’, the plenary session of the European Parliament is still expected to vote next week on the entire College of Commissioners so that the new community executive can be operational. from December 1st.

A decision which was announced at the same time as the third vice-president of the Government, Therese Riberaappeared at the Cortes Générales to give explanations on his management of the DANA crisis.

Weber thus intends to put an end to the blockade which took place after the PP of Alberto Núñez Feijóo bring to Brussels its strategy aimed at diverting attention towards the government of Pedro Sánchez and, in particular, towards Ribera, head of ecological transition, due to the DANA disaster, which left more than 200 dead in Valencia, and including political management has once again cornered the Valencian president, Carlos Mazón, of the PP.

The PP of Feijóo, with its refusal to support the nomination of Ribera, managed to delay the vote of his suitability as commissioner, and with it also that of the five other candidates designated by the President of the Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, to be her vice-presidents.

The spokesperson for the People’s Party in the European Parliament, Dolors Montserrat, even declared that “there is no chance” that the PPsupport the new European Commission if the third vice-president of the government, Teresa Ribera, is part of the cabinet chosen by President Von der Leyen for a second term. It now appears that this blockade will end next week following Manfred Weber’s announcement.