They unblock the agreement for Ribera to become Vice President of the European Commission

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The groups of the European parliamentary coalition between popular, social democrats and liberals reached an agreement on Wednesday.

The groups of the European Parliamentary Coalition between Popular, Social Democrats and Liberals concluded this Wednesday an agreement to unblock the approval of the new executive power of Ursula von der Leyen with the Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, and the candidate of Italy, the far-right Raffaele Fitto, as two of the vice-presidents; This paves the way for the new European Commission to take office on December 1.

To do this it is still necessary to complete several steps of the procedure, which means reactivating this afternoon the evaluations of the six Vice-Presidents of the Executive and the Commissioner of Hungary, whose decisions were suspended last week due to the popular vetoes. about Ribera and from the Social Democrats about Fitto.

However, Ribera has been “cautious” as he waited for the ratification of the agreement in Brussels; “We are still waiting,” he said in statements to journalists upon his arrival at the Senate just as the deal was being concluded.

“I think we have to be careful and until something is officially communicated, we have to wait and see,” she said when asked about her assessment of these negotiations in Brussels.

Source: EITB

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