Lovely to see you here, Jennifer!
...this leverage would signal that thereâs no accountability, no consequences for commissionersâ freelancing (UNRWA, VuÄiÄ etc.). MEPs have to ask themselves whatâs more important: accountability or seating the next Commission on December 1st.
...that OrbĂĄn could hold up the whole process, they wouldnât just be making a mistake: this would be nothing less than a dereliction of their duty. Confirmation hearings are a rare moment of accountability for a European Commission that has been openly contemptuous of the EP. Giving up...
Iâm struggling to think of a European official whose impact on the Balkans has been more corrosive than Oliver VĂĄrhelyi. (That includes HRVP Mogherini and her push to partition Kosovo, stopped just in time by Merkel.) If MEPs are really considering, as reported, to wave him through out of fear...
Correct. I realized my mistake and deleted the post. I honestly didn't think she would pull such a dick move - but should have read up more. Apologies!
"By caving in to anti-migration sentiment, supposedly 'centrist' political parties are doing the far right's bidding and legitimising its vision of a Europe with hardening borders." Maurice Stierl's piece about Germany reimposing border checks is spot on: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No wonder Viktor OrbĂĄn and Geert Wilders are cheering. Olaf Scholz is helping them to reshape the EU as they want it
Great piece, thanks for sharing!