LIBE Committee: Ylva Johansson enrages d • Table.Briefings

The appearance of Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson before the European Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) on Wednesday afternoon is likely to go down in parliamentary history as a memorable moment. Because the Commissioner tried to defend herself – but that backfired.

Johansson’s opening statement made it clear that she saw no fault with herself: She did not respond to any of the accusations in the room. The deputies had asked her to come to parliament to comment on sensitive accusations. The first was that she had undue proximity to certain providers of software for detecting abusive content on the Internet, and the second was that she used unfair means to influence the political process. Johansson was unable or unwilling to refute any of this in substance on Wednesday.

LIBE Committee: Ylva Johansson enrages deputies

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