23/07/2024 Up to date 14 hours in the past|Supply: ČTK, ČT24
Veronika Vrecionová (ODS)
On Tuesday morning, Veronika Vrecionová (ODS) from the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) faction was elected chairwoman of the influential Committee for Agriculture and Rural Improvement (AGRI) within the European Parliament (EP). Luděk Niedermayer (TOP 09) from the faction of the European Folks’s Occasion (EPP) turned the vice-chairman of the Committee for Economic system and Foreign money (ECON). Niedermayer additionally held the place of vice-chairman of the ECON committee within the final election time period.
Each committees are essential, famous Petr Obrovský, correspondent of CT in Brussels. “The Committee for Agriculture and Rural Improvement is kind of influential within the EP, it’s associated to how vital the frequent agricultural coverage is within the set of EU insurance policies,” he defined, including that a few third of the EU price range goes to agriculture.
“Within the following five-year interval, a brand new seven-year price range for the years 2028 to 2034 will probably be negotiated, and thus additionally a brand new type of frequent agricultural coverage, which Vrecionová recognized as a high subject for the next interval shortly after her election,” Obrovský continued.
After her election, Vrecionová thanked these current, stated that she was wanting ahead to working with them, and instantly started to handle the continued assembly. In keeping with Vrecionová, her place is essential not just for the ODS and the ECR faction, but in addition for the Czech Republic, particularly as a result of the EU is awaiting negotiations on a brand new type of frequent agricultural coverage. “You will need to understand {that a} third of the European price range goes to agriculture, which is a large bundle of cash, and subsequently it is extremely vital how we set different circumstances for Czech and European farmers,” Vrecionová advised Czech journalists in Brussels shortly after her election. She thus confirmed the phrases of the reporter Obrovský.
Luděk Niedermayer (TOP 09), Veronika Vrecionová (ODS) and Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (ANO) on EP committees (supply: ČT24)
In keeping with her, the latest farmers’ protests confirmed that “farmers are struggling to deal with all the brand new obligations which were thrown at them because of the Inexperienced Deal, initially the large enhance in forms”. It’s this subject that must be addressed, she added. “As a society, we wish farmers to behave responsibly in direction of water, soil and the panorama, nonetheless, these items have to be set extra by motivation, not by varied prohibitions and orders. There may be additionally a necessity to speak extra with farmers and additionally it is essential to help small and medium-sized agricultural farms and household farms extra,” added Vrecionová, including that she additionally needs to handle a subject she has been engaged on for a very long time, which is the dwelling circumstances of livestock.
“With regards to voting within the committee, its chairman has one vote, as do the opposite members. Nevertheless, it is extremely vital that the president participates in conferences with the opposite presidents of the parliament, the place, for instance, competences for varied drafts, proposals and the timetable are negotiated,” defined Vrecionová to ČT. The Agricultural Committee prepares opinions for the plenary session of the European Parliament, which, in accordance with Vrecionová, are sometimes seemed into.
Vrecionová additionally famous that she is going to attempt to get help “throughout the political spectrum” for any proposals. She said this when requested if she can be prepared to barter with the Patriots for Europe faction as nicely.
90′ ČT24: Vrecionová will lead the agricultural committee within the EP (supply: ČT24)
Niedermayer was vice-chairman of the Financial Committee already within the earlier time period. “This can even be an vital committee that may take care of the problem of Europe’s competitiveness, which has develop into one of many primary subjects on the agenda for the subsequent 5 years. It’s going to take care of deepening the frequent market, for instance within the space of providers, constructing a banking union and a typical capital market. These are all issues that Niedermayer talked about after his election,” the ČT reporter identified.
“Being elected once more to the management of the Financial and Financial Committee is for me an obligation and an appreciation of my work right here to this point,” Niedermayer himself stated after his election. Particularly, he identified the prevention of cash laundering within the Union, the change of fiscal guidelines vital for extra accountable administration of nations or the modification of guidelines for fixing banking crises. He referred to as better competitiveness of the EU economic system a necessity. “It’s the key to the expansion of dwelling requirements and as Europe we’ve a number of catching as much as do right here. One of many duties of the day, which I need to concentrate on myself, will probably be, for instance, help for higher use of the potential of the frequent market,” he outlined.
Isolation of the intense proper
“The cordon sanitaire is in fact mirrored within the election of the management, however the positions of coordinators and rapporteurs are essential, and even when we’re within the so-called cordon, there are nonetheless guidelines within the European Parliament the place the opposition can’t be excluded,” stated MEP Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (ANO). In keeping with her, it’s not the case that the opposition, for instance, didn’t obtain any supplies. “Every faction has a sure variety of factors which might be allotted through the distribution of supplies, and the opposition can’t be bypassed, so we’ll do the job,” she assured, including that the ANO coordinators are very succesful.
The so-called cordon sanitaire is a rule that was already utilized prior to now, but in addition now, by populists, socialists and liberals. It’s an off-the-cuff settlement to isolate the intense proper. In follow, this implies not permitting its representatives within the EP to realize any excessive place.
MEPs elected the management of all twenty committees and 4 subcommittees. Every committee elects a chairperson and as much as 4 vice-chairpersons for a time period of workplace of two and a half years, i.e. for half of the EP electoral time period. Representatives of the strongest faction of the European Folks’s Occasion (EPP) head seven committees and one subcommittee, whereas the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) chair 5 committees. Representatives of the brand new factions Patriots for Europe (Patriots for Europe) and Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) didn’t win a single place within the management of the committees.
On the finish of the final electoral interval, the Czech Republic had 5 vice-chairmen of committees and subcommittees. Jan Zahradil (ODS, ECR) was vice-chairman of the Committee for Worldwide Commerce (INTA), Niedermayer (TOP 09, EPP) vice-chairman of the Financial and Financial Committee (ECON), Michaela Šojdrová (KDU-ČSL, EPP) was vice-chairman of the Committee for Tradition and Schooling (CULT), Radka Maxová (unbiased, elected for ANO) was vice-chair within the Committee for Ladies’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and Martin Hlaváček (ANO, then Renewal of Europe) was the quantity two man within the Sub-Committee for Fiscal Affairs (FISC).
Czechs would be the coordinators
Nevertheless, Czech MEPs additionally maintain the vital features of the already talked about coordinators, who’re the representatives of your complete faction within the given committee. For instance, Tomáš Zdechovský (KDU-ČSL) is the EPP coordinator within the Committee for Price range Management (CONT). Alexandr Vondra (ODS), in flip, is the coordinator of his ECR faction within the Committee for the Setting and Public Well being (ENVI).
Representatives of the Czech ANO motion can even have their very own coordinators or vice-coordinators for the brand new Patriots for Europe faction, declared MEP Ondřej Knotek (ANO). In keeping with him, every little thing continues to be being confirmed. His colleague Klára Dostálová ought to develop into a coordinator within the Inner Market and Shopper Safety Committee (IMCO), he himself ought to maintain the identical place within the ENVI committee and Ondřej Kovařík (for ANO) within the ECON committee or the FISC tax affairs subcommittee.
ČT reporter Petr Obrovský on the election of committee leaders within the European Parliament (supply: ČT24)
In keeping with some specialists, the coordinator is even a extra vital place than the chairman of the given committee. Being the chairman is a prestigious place, the pinnacle of the committee decides on its actions and what will probably be mentioned when and the way the assembly will proceed. Nevertheless, the coordinator represents and promotes the coverage and positions of his faction within the given committee and in addition promotes them in all stories or resolutions. It’s the coordinators from the person factions within the given committees who additionally take care of the distribution of stories, i.e. who would be the rapporteur for the given authorized rules.
MEP Ondřej Knotek (ANO) considers the position of the vice-chairman within the committee to be “paper”, i.e. formal. In keeping with him, the chairman of the committees after which the so-called coordinators have affect. The ANO motion may have them, “so in relation to selling Czech pursuits in laws, we will do a lot better because of this”.
MEP Tomáš Zdechovský (KDU-ČSL) believes in substantive negotiations on the price range, the place he can think about cooperation throughout factions, maybe with Patriots for Europe. Quite the opposite, he doesn’t anticipate it, for instance, when discussing the report on the state of the rule of regulation in Europe, which will probably be printed on Wednesday.
