Culling the Incoming Commissioners

The European Parliament is questioning the proposed
commissioners in Brussels this week. The hearings are essential to inform
Parliament’s decision to give its consent to, or reject, the proposed College.
Already, two Commissioner-designates have run
into difficulties as the Romanian and Bulgarian governments have been told
to find new candidates after the initial ones were deemed to have conflicts of
interest.

These hearings are vital to understand the priorities
and knowledge of the incoming commissioners. Not only does it help determine
whether they are fit for the role, but it helps organisations like Energy
Cities understand where allies can be found or where a significant lack of
knowledge needs to be corrected.

That’s why we have provided a series of questions to
MEPs to ask to the Commissioner-designates. The questions are in line with our
manifesto and are an important step in getting the issues of cities on the
agenda of the European Commission. Of course, cities and energy are broad
topics that span a spectrum of areas and this is reflected in our six questions
to four different candidates.

For more information on the Commissioners-designate, the Parliament’s Research Services (EPRS) have published a series of briefings outlining the policy portfolios of each of the candidates on their blog. This also includes background documentation, as well as an infographic with the schedule of the hearings.

These hearings are of course public and the Parliament is livestreaming each of them on the European Parliament’s Facebook page for everyone to follow.

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