After weeks of political wrangling, the European Parliament has approved the new European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen. With 370 yes votes, the team won the resistance from Greens, Left and Liberals. Von der Leyen promises cooperation with “all democratic, pro-European forces”.
The European Parliament has confirmed the new European Commission so that it can start its work on December 1. In Wednesday’s vote in Strasbourg, 282 MPs voted against and 36 abstained.
Right-wing nationalist Italians became a point of contention
The vote was preceded by a political dispute over the composition of the new commission, which was resolved last week. The idea that the Italian Raffaele Fitto, from the right-wing nationalist Fratelli d’Italia (FdI, Brothers of Italy), which heads the government in Rome, should become one of the six vice-presidents of the new team of commissioners was met with opposition resistance from liberals, social democrats, the Greens and the left.
Von der Leyen promises good cooperation
Shortly before the vote, German politician von der Leyen again called for approval. She will work with “all democratic, pro-European forces,” she said in a speech to the EU Parliament. According to statements made by the various group representatives before the vote, the majority of parliamentarians from the European People’s Party (EPP), the Social Democrats (S&D), the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the Liberals (Renew) voted in favor of the vote voted. Commission.
About half of the Green Party MPs wanted to vote ‘yes’. The Patriots for Europe (PfE), the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) and the Left Group announced that they would vote against the new European Commission.
Source: Krone
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