Il nostro Direttore Giuseppe Scognamiglio ha co-firmato un appello alle istituzione europee riguardante il caso di Sylvie Goulard
Il 10 ottobre, i membri del Parlamento Europeo hanno respinto la nomina di Sylvie Goulard come prossimo Commissario europeo francese per il Mercato Interno, sferrando un duro colpo al Presidente francese Emmanuel Macron, che si era opposto allo Spitzenkandidaten, assicurandosi che il leader del Ppe, Manfred Weber, non potesse accedere alla presidenza della Commissione.
Data l’indiscussa competenza generale e il profondo impegno europeo di Sylvie Goulard, questa mancata fiducia ha avuto luogo in circostanze che hanno suscitato serie preoccupazioni in merito all’imparzialità e alla credibilità del Parlamento Europeo stesso.
Il nostro direttore Giuseppe Scognamiglio ha co-firmato questo documento indirizzato alle istituzioni europee, documento che non mira a riaprire la decisione – discutibile – dell’Europarlamento, ma intende farci riflettere sul rischio che corre il PE se deciderà di muoversi in futuro secondo le linee di questo precedente, non accettabile dal punto di vista giuridico e civile.
Di seguito il testo completo del documento, con la firma di Giuseppe Scognamiglio.
Fairness, Trust and the Rule of Law
Statement on the European Parliament’s confirmation procedure concerning Sylvie Goulard
On October 10, 2019, the European Parliament’s Committees in charge of her proposed fields of responsibility rejected Sylvie Goulard, the French candidate for the position of Commissioner in the new Commission. This refusal of trust, based upon issues of independence and integrity, took place under circumstances which give rise to serious concerns regarding the impartiality and credibility of the European Parliament itself.
We respectfully submit this statement to the attention of the President of the European Parliament because, beyond the outcome of the specific case mentioned, it would be of serious concern for the credibility of the EU if confirmation proceedings by the EP – a fundamental component of the democratic legitimacy of the Commission – were seen to be tainted by misuse of proceedings.
October 2019
Signed:
Prof. Giuseppe Scognamiglio, Editor of eastwest geopolitical magazine
Prof. Dr. jur. Dres. h.c. Ingolf Pernice, former Professor of Public, International and European Law, former Director of the Walter Hallstein Institute for European Constitutional Law, Humboldt University of Berlin
Prof. Dr. jur. Dr. h.c. Stephan Hobe, Chair for Public International Law, European Law, European and International Economic Law, Director of the Institute for Air Law, Space Law and Cyber Law, University of Cologne
Prof. Dr. Jacques Ziller, Professor of EU Law, University of Pavia, formerly Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and European University Institute, Florence, President of Societas Iuris Publici Europaei
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Griller, Professor of EU law, vice Director of the Salzburg Center of European Union Studies (SCEUS), Salzburg
Prof. Dr. Albrecht Weber, Professor for Refugee- and Migration law, comparative law and European Law, University of Osnabrück
Prof. Dr. Ulrich K. Preuß, Professor at Hertie School of Governance, em. Freie Universität Berlin, former Director of Center for European Law and Policy at the University of Bremen
Prof. Dr. Markus Kotzur, LL.M. (Duke), Professor of Public law, European and international law, vice-Director of the Institute for International Affairs, manag. Director oft he Institute of European Integration, University of Hamburg
Dr. Triantafyllia Lina Papadopoulou, Associate Professor of Hellenic and European Constitutional Law, Jean Monnet Chair for European Constitutional Law and Culture, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “European Constitutionalism and Religion(s)”, School of Law – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Rostane Mehdi, Professor of European Law at Sciences Po Aix, visiting professor au Collège d’Europe de Bruges, Chaire Jean Monnet ad personam.
Ani Podimatá, Journalist, EU Affairs consultant and former Vice-President of the European Parliament
Silvia Costa, former Member of the European Parliament, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Member of the scientific Committee of CIR (Italian refugees Council), Member of the Jesuits Education Foundation board of directors
Riccardo Perissich, Senior Fellow, School of European Political Economy, LUISS University, Rome, former Director General of the European Commission
Robert Badinter, Professor h.c., Senator of Hauts de Seine, former French Minister of Justice, former President of the French Conseil Constitutionnel
Prof. Dr. Miroslaw Wyrzowski, University of Warsaw, former Director of the Centre for Constitutionalism and Legal Culture at the Public Affairs Institute, former judge of the Constitutional Court of Poland
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Clemens Fuest, President of the ifo Institute and Director oft he Center for Ecnomic Studies, Munich