tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post8789428252752086684..comments2024-02-25T10:22:38.186+00:00Comments on The European Citizen: The Battle for the Commission PresidencyEurocentrichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-39165785854264967662009-06-11T21:05:24.018+01:002009-06-11T21:05:24.018+01:00@ Grahnlaw
"In the end, I don't think it...@ Grahnlaw<br /><br />"In the end, I don't think it matters much how they vote, but if they manage to extract a price for supporting Barroso."<br /><br />I agree. There is an outside chance that a different EPPP candidate could be appointed, in the case that Barroso upsets too many EPP MEPs. The PES could be tempted to play more of an opposition role here, but the best way of winning influence is to extract the maximum in concessions, and then play the opposition on a case-by-case issue basis.<br /><br /><br />@ french derek<br /><br />I'm afraid I haven't been following whatever debate there has been in the EP about this. If there's been no debate, it might have been because the EP was wrapping up for the elections - it did rush through the last few bits of legislation. Still, the lack of a debate about it on the campaign trail about the issue was disappointing (at least in the UK & Ireland - was it different in France?).<br /><br />Hopefully the EP will get its teeth into it once it settles in.Eurocentrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439536905456080079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-72987038079801836612009-06-11T18:30:40.971+01:002009-06-11T18:30:40.971+01:00My guess is that, with the parliamentary spread we...My guess is that, with the parliamentary spread we now have, there will be stalemate - and, as the Nice Treaty allows (we are playing under Nice rules still), the Council will decide whatever the Council wants.<br /><br />My current concern is not about the Commission President, though. I am frustrated by the fact that all the debate over the proposed new financial regulations is being carried out within the Council only. Why no parliamentary debate?french dereknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7620652438500849718.post-88208584921379457832009-06-11T06:25:08.798+01:002009-06-11T06:25:08.798+01:00If Barroso is against party politics, he could hav...If Barroso is against party politics, he could have stopped the EPP from endorsing him. <br /><br />His comments are inane and highly disingenuous - real low water marks with regard to intellectual honesty. <br /><br />The new political groups in the European Parliament haven't been formed yet, but outside the four mainstream parties there is a preponderance of nationalists (and worse). <br /><br />This will be the first test of if the Tories (European Conservatives) are going to influence the European Parliament. <br /><br />In the end, I don't think it matters much how they vote, but if they manage to extract a price for supporting Barroso. <br /><br />My guess is that the mainstream groups (EPP, PES, ALDE, Greens) are not going to become indebted to the ECs. <br /><br />A simple majority will suffice, so with a suitable number of abstentions Barroso's second mandate could be in the bag, even if the EPP and PES fail to agree.Ralf Grahn https://www.blogger.com/profile/02156293782163802007noreply@blogger.com