Press release
Committees satisfied that Oettinger is in a
position to assume budget portfolio
[12-01-2017 - 15:55]
Following an exchange of views with the members of the Committees on Budgets,
Budgetary Control and Legal Affairs, a majority of the committees’ coordinators
were satisfied that Commissioner Günther Oettinger is in a position to assume the
portfolio that is transferred to him and look forward to a close working relationship.
This was communicated to the Conference of Presidents in a letter from the Chairs of the
BUDG, CONT and JURI Committees, Jean Arthuis, Ingeborg Gräßle and Pavel Svoboda,
addressed to President Martin Schulz.
Commissioner Oettinger was heard on Monday evening at a meeting of the Committees
on Budgets, Budgetary Control and Legal Affairs following Commission President
Juncker's decision to transfer the Budget and Human Resources portfolio to Mr Oettinger
after Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva had resigned. The portfolio of Digital Economy
and Society, which Mr Oettinger held until the end of last year, was temporarily assigned
to Vice-President Andrus Ansip by Mr Juncker.
On Thursday, the Conference of Presidents (EP President and group leaders) took note of
the letter sent by the committees and the President announced that it will be transmitted to
the President of the Commission.
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Joint letter from BUDG, CONT and JURI Chairs:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/library/media/20170112RES57870/20170112RES57870.pdf
Committee on Budgets: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/budg/home.html
Committee on Budgetary Control: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/cont/home.html
Committee on Legal Affairs: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/juri/home.html
Subject file : http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/budg/subjectfiles.html?id=20161220CDT01041
Video recording of the meeting : http://www.europarl.europa.eu/eplive/en/committees/video?event=20170109-1800-COMMITTEE-BUDG-CONT-JURI
Extracts from Commissioner Oettinger's opening statements:
http://audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu/Assetdetail.aspx?id=66577196-d8da-4f53-99be-a6f6012a1929
Extracts from the Questions & Answers session :
http://audiovisual.europarl.europa.eu/Assetdetail.aspx?id=35064677-0cee-4caf-a50b-a6f60142c657
EuroparlTV: EU Commissioner Oettinger faces MEPs' scrutiny :
https://www.europarltv.europa.eu/programme/eu-affairs/eu-commissioner-oettinger-faces-meps-scrutiny
EP Rules of Procedure: Rule 118 – Election of the Commission :
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+RULES-EP+20160915+RULE118+DOC+XML+V0//EN&navigationBar=YES
EP Rules of Procedure: ANNEX XVI – Guidelines for the approval of the Commission :
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+RULES-EP+20150101+ANN16+DOC+XML+V0//EN&navigationBar=YES
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