The Spanish candidate for the European Commission, Teresa Ribera, faces a key day this Tuesday. She will face scrutiny from the European Parliament to become the next Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Fair and Competitive Transition and head of the competition portfolio. An aspiration in which you must face the refusal of the Spanish Popular Party in the European Parliament.
The Spaniard will answer questions from MEPs for three hours during a session which begins at 6:30 p.m. He will face the Committees on Economy, Environment and Public Health and on Industry and Energy so that, shortly before midnight, the coordinators evaluate your application and decide if she is suitable for the position.
Ribera will face opposition from the Spanish People’s Party in the European Parliament. Last week, the spokesperson for the conservative party in Congress, Miguel Tellado, refused to allow the Spaniard to be European commissioner because “she has shown in recent years, but especially in the last 10 days, not being up to the position he held.
“She is more concerned about her personal and political ambitions than about the powers given to her by the ministry she occupies,” he added. Depending on your point of view, “was not up to the crisis” collected in Spain by DANA, and affirmed that she was “elusive, on the run, missing for nine days and that yesterday she reappeared to give a press conference, to give an interview”. “This is not acceptable.”
What is not clear is whether this rejection by the Spanish People’s Party will be supported in the European Parliament by the entire European party. Such a blockade would require detailed justification and, to understand the exceptional nature of the situation, so far only one candidate for commissioner experienced such a drift.
The candidate for the post of European Commissioner for Animal Health and Safety, Olivér Várhelyi, is the only one of the nineteen candidates who, to date, has not obtained the approval of the European Parliament. As part of the process, you will now be required to answer questions in writing. It should be remembered that, in order to advance its candidacy, in accordance with the legislative process, Ribera needs two-thirds of coordinators’ support parliamentary committees.
