18
Jul
2024
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Statement by the candidate for President of the Commission (debate)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I would ask Mrs von der Leyen to spare us from being told that you will be the President of all, if you will be, since you have not decided to speak to certain political groups representing millions of voters. Then I see that, after the election campaign, the good intentions on the revision of the Constitution have fallen into oblivion. green deal, one green deal who doesn't stand up. Someone had believed her, but the agreement with the Greens brings us back to the times when Timmermans was the master. Regardless of how it goes, you are on an uphill path looking at the colorful majority that will support you, with a fake center-right who asked for the real votes of the center-right voters and then go on to form a comfortable majority with the same left parties punished by the same voters. It's brilliant! Without ambiguity the League says no to Ursula von der Leyen's encore. Nothing personal – maybe I would have been more cautious when using SMS – but doing the President of the European Commission well is something else.