Czech MEP tunes questions for “grilling storm”

carry out of the European Parliament Czech voters sent a total of twenty-one MPs in June, for some it will be a barbecue storm that happens once every five years, while others will experience it for the first time. That is why they are preparing in detail for “the big and shining moment of the European Parliament”, as they say in the corridors. Some have even “taken advantage” of the place and will put an oral question to the European Commissioner or the future European Commissioner. Their voters also get to watch them live, which is an added bonus.

For example, he is preparing for the first appearance Danushe Nerudova (STAN), who, as a member of the budget committee, will question the Polish candidate Piotr Serafin, who is running for the position of budget commissioner, on Thursday afternoon. “I will be interested to see what long-term budget proposal he prepares.” EU and how it will introduce in particular a new chapter for investments in competitiveness. I also ask him how he intends to improve the circulation of European money, so that European money does not disappear into projects with no added value, such as those imaginary observation towers from which nothing can be seen and which we sometimes read about it,” she told Shesnam Zprávám.

Another theme Nerudová wants to focus on during the hearing floods. Above all, speed up and increase European aid to cover damage. “In this regard, in September, at the plenary session of Parliament, I accepted a proposal to strengthen initial funding from the solidarity fund for damages, so I will want to know how the designated commissioner look at this. Finally, I will ask him about the solution to pay back the debt that Europe has accumulated epidemic disease,” she said.

The new parliamentarian is also preparing questions for future European commissioners Jan Farsky (STAN), a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. “I asked for more options, but I only got a place for the defense commissioner. That’s what I wanted the most, so I’m really happy,” he said.

The Commissioner for Defense and Space, the Lithuanian Andrius Kubilius, is closely watched by the professional and lay public. On the one hand, this is the first time in the history of the EU that this act will be created, and at the same time, defense is now a major European issue. The Kubilius barbecue will be held on Wednesday in the early afternoon.

The MEP for ANO already uses specific questions Klára Dostalova sit on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) and the Regional Development Committee. It will be requested twice. “I will have specific questions for the two European Commissioners,” she said, adding that the first question is directed to Henna Virkkunen from Finland, Vice President for Technology Sovereignty, Security and Democracy.

The second question goes to Raffaele Fitt, the Italian candidate for the position of Vice-President of the Commission for Cohesion and Reform. “As IMCO coordinator, I will continue to evaluate candidates for the IMCO committee in the Patriots for Europe group,” she said.

All Czech eyes and ears will be in Brussels on the MEP on Wednesday afternoon To Ondřej Kolář (TOP 09), who is the only one of the twenty-one Czech MEPs who interviewed the government candidate Jozef Sikela.

He is fighting for the post of International Partnerships Commissioner on Wednesday. It will be debated by representatives of the Development Committee (DEVE), where the Czech Republic does not have a permanent representative, but Kolář is a so-called representative. And as Seznam Zprávám confirmed, he had the opportunity to ask Síkel his question. “With colleagues from my team and from the committee for development cooperation, we change the question so that I do not cross anyone else. I’m honestly curious myself, it will be a first for me too,” he said.

That’s for his party colleague Ludika Niedermayerwho is already an experienced parliamentary matador, the hearing will not be new. He is preparing for it in his home economic and monetary committee. “Of course, I also took part in creating questions, maybe I will ask some of them. But informal bilateral discussions with suitable candidates were more important to me,” he said.

Civic democrat Veronika Vrecionova it’s not just “grilling” questions, he also prepares his own opening speech. This privilege belongs to her because she is the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. “Preparations for the hearing have been going on since the beginning of October,” she told the editors. He will also participate in the hearing of the Hungarian candidate Olivér Várhelyia for the position of European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare Most of the question marks hang over what happened to him in Brussels.

Another of the matadors of the Union, MEP Alasdair Vondra (ODS) is literally waiting for the harvest. “As a factional coordinator, I will ask questions of the four commissioners. I will be among the assessors for six,” he said, adding that he intends to focus particularly on the necessary changes in the Green Deal during the interview. “Especially on cars and the heart,” he said.

The hearings of all future European Commissioners are on the agenda of the European Parliament from 4 to 12 November. If so MEP they won’t turn anyone away, it could be new European Commission approved at the next plenary session in Strasbourgwhich begins on Monday, November 25. It could then work from 1 December. But only if everything goes smoothly. This was not the case in the past: at least one commissioner has never succeeded, the last time in 2019 there were even three candidates.