The federal government determined to nominate solely Jozef Síkela (STAN) to the publish of European Commissioner for the Czech Republic, although the President of the European Fee, Ursula von der Leyen, requested for a female and male candidate. “The president wished to have a gender-balanced European Fee, if the opposite states suggest candidates equally, then the distribution of portfolios won’t be an issue for her,” says political scientist Tomáš Weiss from Charles College for iROZHLAS.cz and Radiožurnál.
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Jozef Síkela | Photograph: René Volfík | Supply: iROZHLAS.cz
Why did the federal government determine to appoint just one candidate for European Commissioner?
I believe primarily as a result of nobody is ordering us to appoint two candidates. Though Ursula von der Leyen requested for a candidate and a feminine candidate, the contracts don’t say something like that.
And should you nominate two folks, the choice is made by the President of the European Fee. My interpretation is that the Czech authorities didn’t need Ursula von der Leyen to make the choice, as a result of on this approach the federal government has a far larger affect on who will ultimately be a member of the European Fee.
Can the nomination of just one candidate, regardless of the President’s want for 2, be mirrored within the allocation of portfolios to particular person European Commissioners?
It can rely on how this was and shall be communicated with the President of the European Fee, as a result of the negotiations have been happening for a very long time. After which I additionally suppose that it relies upon how huge an issue it is going to be for Ursula von der Leyen to handle to place collectively the European Fee nicely.
The federal government unanimously accredited Síkela because the Czech nominee for European Commissioner
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I assume that the first purpose why she requested for a female and male candidate is to construct a gender-balanced Eurocommission. Which she will not be capable of do if all of the states provide her solely males or solely girls. If it comes out evenly, I believe it will not be an excessive amount of of an issue for Ursula von der Leyen. For my part, it relies upon extra on the standard of a particular particular person and the way, on this case with Jozef Síkela, he matches.
Can the status of the Czech Republic be broken by the truth that it didn’t even discover a appropriate candidate for the publish of European Commissioner?
I do not suppose so in any respect. The overwhelming majority of candidates nominated to this point are former European Commissioners, the place states have additionally proposed just one candidate to proceed, resembling Dutch European Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra.
Within the earlier European Fee, the Czech authorities additionally nominated just one candidate – the persevering with Věra Jourová, then once more solely a girl.
What sort of portfolio can Jozef Síkela realistically attempt for?
It is rather troublesome to say, as a result of we don’t but know what portfolios shall be within the European Fee. Ursula von der Leyen will take the folks she has and rearrange the portfolios to swimsuit her concept of how the European Fee ought to work. It isn’t attainable to attempt for a particular portfolio, as a result of it might not exist in any respect within the new European Fee.
I assume that by nominating Jozef Síkela, the Czech authorities will attempt to get a portfolio near his experience and expertise, which is business, vitality and commerce. However in what type and in what relationship the portfolio shall be, nobody can but say. The President of the European Fee will create portfolios for the Vice-Presidents of the European Fee and European Commissioners based on the priorities of her agenda.
NOMINATED CANDIDATES FOR EURO COMMISSIONER
The pinnacle of the European Fee, Ursula von der Leyen, already has at her disposal virtually half of the names of candidates for future members of the brand new fee. Though it introduced instantly after its election that it might request two candidates from every member state – a person and a girl – not one of the nations have achieved so, based on out there data, they usually publicly announce the names of their solely candidates.
Recognized candidates to this point:
Germany – President of the European Fee Ursula von der Leyen
Estonia – Head of EU diplomacy Kaja Kallas (former prime minister)
Slovakia – Maroš Šefčovič (present European Commissioner)
Latvia – Valdis Dombrovskis (present European Commissioner)
Netherlands – Wopke Hoekstra (present European Commissioner)
France – Thierry Breton (present European Commissioner)
Greece – Margaritis Schinas (present European Commissioner)
Croatia – probably Dubravka Šuica (present European Commissioner)
Finland – Henna Virkkunen (MEP)
Sweden – Jessika Rosswall (Minister for European Affairs)
Eire – Michael McGrath (former Chancellor of the Exchequer)
Slovenia – Tomaž Vesel (former head of the Slovenian Court docket of Auditors)
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