Posted on 02/17/2019 6:51:06 AM PST by KC_Lion
European Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker has changed the rules governing the political activity of European Union Commissioners, allowing them to actively campaign in the upcoming EU Parliament elections.
Formerly the EU Commission, an unelected body which acts as the bloc’s executive and is the sole initiator of EU-level laws, was regarded as technocratic rather than overtly political, and not supposed to take partisan political stances of its own volition — at least in theory.
But the new rules will allow the Commission to campaign with, endorse, and support candidates and parties ahead of the European Parliament elections set to be held in May, Il Giornale reports.
“From the beginning I wanted this Commission to have a political value: the Commissioners assume full ownership and political responsibility for all the Commission’s decisions,” Junker said, adding: “I expect them to fully and personally engage with the citizens, and actively participating in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament is an integral part of this commitment.”
Prior to the new rules, Commissioners have not been particularly shy about voicing their political opinions anyway, especially with respect to Italy’s populist coalition government, effectively led by Five Star Movement (M5S) leader Luigi Di Maio and League (La Lega) leader Matteo Salvini.
EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici has repeatedly slammed Italy over the past several months, even referring to populists across the continent as “little Mussolinis.”
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Disband that damn thing before we have to fight them again in WW3.
Being ruled by a small gang of unelected “technocrats”
Who the $&@% would agree to that?
There is no lower limit to the depravity of progressives.
And Europe’s progs have rocket assist when they point themselves down.
Which, of course, is why our progs just love Europe.
Why isn’t Juncker gone?
People who were lied to.
Or in the case of Ireland, people who get soft-bullied into voting twice and twice in a row.
Vast majority of countries did not hold any referendum on this anyhow. Their own governments forced it down their throats.
Well, if the voters want to keep these lunatics in power, they will now have an easier time figuring out which candidates not to vote for.
Because the oligarchs don’t want him gone.
Remember, he got in even after he said in public about government scandals/crises, “When it becomes serious, you have to lie.”
That will never be necessary. If there's any fighting, they'll want us to do the heavy lifting. If we stand aside, the Russo-Iranian alliance will eat them up.
Looks like the election is the end of May, and the election of Juncker’s replacement is in October.
The oligarchs need to learn the concept of boundaries.
Formerly the EU Commission, an unelected body which acts as the bloc’s executive and is the sole initiator of EU-level laws, was regarded as technocratic rather than overtly political, and not supposed to take partisan political stances of its own volition — at least in theory. …Whose theory was that?
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 fulfillment 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.Thomas Jefferson noted in his letter to Spencer Roane, “whatever power in any government is independent is absolute also.” Utterly the case here.
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.
If they had such a concept, they would not be oligarchs greedily seizing power by lies and holding on to it so tenaciously.
The EU is all the bad things that EU commisioners lately acuse various European states of.
Notice that all the “populist” movements are about the common folk looking out for their interests and telling no one else what they should be doing in their countries, while the EU is being trying to dictate to everyone what they should be doing. Who is more dangerous? The EU is the most dangerous institution in Europe today.
Fourth Reich. Has conquered most of Europe already
Europe has been down this road before, and it usually ends on the point of a pitchfork. It may again if France is anything to go by.
He’s not elected, so you can’t vote him out.
The commissioners appear to be elected the end of May, they convene and elect a president in July. Juncker was the sad result of a bitter fight and a bad compromise. Hopefully, they do better next time. I don’t have a lot of hope though because this seems to be a hopelessly flawed enterprise, or at least it has become so.
I am so sorry. It is the Parliament that is elected and you are quite right. Thank you.
The Parliament is just a rubber stamp. One has to ask what the use of a parliament is if they have no power whatsoever to write laws.
Interestingly enough, the Parliament was also unelected until 1979. But then again, in the USSR the Supreme Soviet was elected, as is the National People’s Congress in today’s Red China. All that happened in 1979 with “Europarl” is the adoption of Leninistic “democratic centralism”. The notion of multi-party representation is nullified once you have a Politburo such as the Commission, who pushes just one political doctrine and one only.
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