The Greens in the EU Parliament have chosen to back the new EU Commission and thus vote yes in the vote on Wednesday.
So says SF's member of the EU Parliament, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen.
- We are not married to this commission, but have chosen to support it because we have received significant concessions in the green and social area. And because we believe that Europe is best served by us sticking to the table, says Kira Marie Peter-Hansen.
The Greens have otherwise been critical of especially Italy's and Hungary's right-wing candidates for positions in the new EU Commission.
With the support of the Greens, the EU Commission looks set to receive a broad mandate from the EU Parliament.
Before the elections to the European Parliament, the Social Democrats in the S&D group, the liberals in the Renew group and the Greens entered into an agreement not to support Ursula von der Leyen if she normalized cooperation with the right wing, including Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and her party, the Brothers of Italy.
Now, however, it ends with all three groups in the parliament supporting the new EU Commission, which gets Italy's Raffaele Fitto from Giorgia Meloni's party as one of the six senior vice-presidents in total.
Also the Renew group, where the Liberals, the Moderates and the Radicals are members, has been strongly critical of Fitto's central post.
Nevertheless, the Renew group also votes for the new EU Commission. That's what Renew manager Valérie Hayer says.
- We fought to the end to avoid Fitto becoming senior vice-chairman, but we did not succeed. The decision is ultimately up to Ursula von der Leyen.
- We do not agree with Fitto becoming senior vice-chairman, and we will be critical of the way he works in the EU Commission, says Valérie Hayer.
Kira Marie Peter-Hansen believes that the process surrounding the appointment of the new EU Commission "has not been pretty".
However, she emphasizes that she succeeded in getting political concessions from Ursula von der Leyen, who, according to Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, will pull the new EU Commission in a greener direction.
- We ensured that the commission is vigilant about our climate law at a time when a blue majority wants to roll it back.
- At the same time, we secured a 2040 climate target and that we continue to make progress in the social and equality policy area, says Kira Marie Peter-Hansen.
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