The European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs on Thursday 24 September found that the declarations of financial interests submitted by Mairead McGuinness and Valdis Dombrovskis, Commissioners-designate for Financial Services and Trade, respectively, did not present any conflict of interest with the portfolios awarded.
The hearings of the two Commissioners-designate can take place on Friday 2 October, said Parliament spokesman Jaume Duch Guillot via Twitter (see EUROPE 12565/33). MEPs have already sent their written questions to Ms McGuinness (see EUROPE 12566/18).
The GUE/NGL group had decided not to take part in the analysis of the declarations of financial interests, considering the scope of the parliamentary committee’s investigation to be too limited. “Since the deep flaws of this procedure haven’t been corrected [...], we refuse to participate [in it]”, said its co-chair, Frenchwoman Manon Aubry.
Mr Dombrovskis has since tested negative on Monday after returning from Berlin, where he came into contact with someone who tested positive at Covid-19, but continues to remain in quarantine. (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)