The designated EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is to explain to the European Parliament, of the name for the future migration Department. The new title of “Protect what makes Europe” has many opponents.
The resort with the simple name “Migration, home Affairs and citizenship,” held with EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos for 2015 and the beginning of the refugee crisis and its political consequences in breathing.
For his successor, the former Brussels chief spokesman, Margaritis Schinas, has to Protect Ursula von der Leyen, however, is something significantly hochtrab more thought: “what constitutes Europe” will be called his portfolio. In English, the more clearly formulated, seems to be: “Protecting our European way of life” – literally, “protect our European way of life. “What has the President-elect, here?
Criticism in the European Parliament
Only kissed, then he criticized his Amtsnachfolgerin – Jean-Claude Juncker and Ursula von der Leyen
It took a few days, until all had read in Brussels, the new Department name, and digested. But since the weekend, the criticism is getting louder and louder. The Chairman of the green group in the European Parliament declared: “the formulation ‘protection of our European way of life’, dancing to the whistle of the extreme Right, particularly in connection with Migration.” Ursula von der Leyen had to make a better proposal, if they will occur in the next week at the conference of group chairmen, calls, Philippe Lambert, and is called the process an “absolute scandal”.
The Name should be amended to require members of the European Parliament from the centre-left of the political spectrum, and even the outgoing President of the Commission Jean-Claude Juncker is unhappy about this name choice of his successor. To accept “those who come from far away, is style part of the European way of life.” European way of life also meant that “you have to respect others, regardless of what your skin color is, and regardless of your original home state,” added Juncker.
Populism to the Mainstream?
He obviously sees a Problem in the responsibility for Migration, and the new title of the resort. But not to von der Leyen. “I declare no name change or other Change to,” said at noon, a Commission spokeswoman in Brussels. There will be no quick decision. However, the pressure from the European Parliament, the new Commission President needs to maintain good relations, if you want to majorities for their policies is growing.
The EU-Commission for the preservation of a European Idyll?
Even in countries where governments make the rules and values of the EU into question, comes criticism of the formulation. The liberal MP Katalin Cseh from Hungary, for example, feels the concepts of Viktor Orban reminded: “You can’t fight populism, by making him Mainstream.” And your Dutch colleague Sophie in ‘t field, writes, Europe is based on the freedom of the Individual, his way of life to choose. “We don’t need a Commissioner, thank you very much! The conclusion that Europeans need to be protected against cultures from the outside, is grotesque, and in this case we should reject.”
Geschwurbel in the task description
In the accompanying letter to the Commissioner-designate to be re-tailored portfolio is required to be described in this way: “to protect Our European way of life, that workers are able to survive in a changing job market successfully. A shrinking workforce and the gap in digital and other basic skills means that you have to equip people with the necessary knowledge and tools. This also highlights the importance of a well-managed legal Migration, with a focus on Integration, and to the strong Cohesion in our communities.
It goes on to say: “We must listen to the legitimate Fears and concerns about the consequences of uncontrolled Migration on our economy and society seriously. The Commissioner is attributed to the cross-border threats to European security, as well as training and employment policy.
What is Ursula von der Leyen say?
In this verschwurbelten formulations of all Available, both the prompt, some in the refugee policy, as well as the amazing connection between a lack of digital skills of European workers and Migration is. And what is the note on the cohesion in the municipalities? should He has, in fact, on the rejection of the multi-culturally mixed communities through some of our citizens, and what the conclusion is? And this growth include a screw-on sentences are actually hand-outs for right-wing populists such as Hungary or Poland, the Ursula von der Leyen prior to your choice to support asked? In any case, the German politician pokes nest with the stick in the political wasps.
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The compilation of tasks as well as your description arouses many suspicions. To “protect our European way of life, really should not be a Department name in a modern EU-Commission in the year 2019,” wrote the British Labour MEP Claude Moraes on Twitter. “Seriously, what is that?”. The French Green Damien Careme’s called the wording an “abomination”. And Amnesty International criticized the connection between Migration and security. This will sent a “worrying message”.
In the next week, the President-elect of the criticism of the various political groups in the European Parliament. If you do not disarm the onset of the crisis, especially with their supporters for liberals and socialists, is expected to begin its cooperation with some of the political groups in the EP are clearly on the wrong foot.