My loyalty will be to the EU, candidate for UK’s last Commissioner tells MEPs

EurActiv ^ | Sep 12, 2016 | James Crisp

[Olog-hai]

Sir Julian King, the man likely to be the United Kingdom’s final European Commissioner, insisted tonight (12 September) that if MEPs confirmed him in the post, his loyalty would be to the European Union rather than Great Britain.

King was put forward as the EU’s new anti-terror boss by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker after the resignation of Commissioner Jonathan Hill in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the EU. A European Parliament vote will be held on Thursday over whether to back him.

The Security Union portfolio was created by Juncker after brutal terror attacks in France and Belgium this year. Hill’s influential job as financial services chief has passed to Valdis Dombrovskis, the former prime minister of Latvia, who is now responsible for the regulation of the City of London.

“Personally I have always been proud to be British and to be European. I see no contradiction between the two,” King said at his hearing before the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) in Strasbourg. …

[az_gila]

I think he has to take this oath to take the position. At least he is being honest -

The oath of independence in front of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg:

Having been appointed as a Member of the European Commission by the European Council, following the vote of consent by the European Parliament

I solemnly undertake:
• to respect the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the fulfilment of all my duties;
• to be completely independent in carrying out my responsibilities, in the general interest of the Union;
• in the performance of my tasks, neither to seek nor to take instructions from any Government or from any other institution, body, office or entity;
• to refrain from any action incompatible with my duties or the performance of my tasks.

I formally note the undertaking of each Member State to respect this principle and not to seek to influence Members of the Commission in the performance of their tasks.

I further undertake to respect, both during and after my term of office, the obligation arising therefrom, and in particular the duty to behave with integrity and discretion as regards the acceptance, after I have ceased to hold office, of certain appointments or benefits.

[vpintheak]

That attitude is why the jack-wagons got the boot!

[Crucial]

Might as well go all the way and choose someone who respects Britains sovereignty. Those EU policies will just be even more expensive without the power of the EU behind it.

[katana]

Would that this was still the British penalty for treason. Sir Julian deserves it.

[pepsi_junkie]

The oath of independence in front of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg

It's as if each member of congress had to swear to vote against the interests of his/her home state. What's the point of even having representatives from the members of the union of their unique perspectives and interests aren't permitted to enter into the debate?