Hearings: Group leaders change committee • Table.Briefings

The heads of the political groups make important decisions in the Conference of Presidents.

There were disputes when the group leaders decided on the timetable for the Commissioners’ hearings and changed the competencies of the committees. In four cases, committees were downgraded to invited committees. They now have fewer rights to ask questions.

The group leaders have made changes to the competencies of the committees for the hearings of the Commissioners. For example, the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) is no longer a responsible committee for the hearing of Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy. The LIBE Committee is now only an invited committee with fewer rights to ask questions. In addition, the opinion of the invited committee is not included in the evaluation.

Hearings: Group leaders change committee competencies

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