Could the European Parliament reject Italy’s Commission nominee?

Radio Schuman

After European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen presents her list of Commissioners to the European Parliament this week, the legal affairs parliamentary committee will assess whether any conflict of interest would make them unable to carry out their duties.

In 2019, von der Leyen asked Hungary and Romania to present new candidates for the European Commission after the legal committee found out that the nominees could not carry out their task in full transparency.

The unofficial list of commission nominees that has already circulated in the media show that Italy, Hungary and Malta among others could face hurdles to getting their nominees confirmed.

What can we expect this time around? How will MEPs treat Raffaele Fitto, the potential Italian nominee whose party voted against the re-election of von der Leyen? Will MEPs reject the incumbent Hungarian candidate, Oliver Varhelyi? What will be their approach with any of Viktor Orban’s candidates?

This Monday, Radio Schuman answers these questions in conversation with the Green German MEP Daniel Freund.

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