EU-Commissie, ook deze keer niet zuiver op de graad

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Op zaterdag 28 november 2009 13:22 schreef RechtseRukker het volgende:

Ik voorspel, dat net als de vorige keer, we hier in NL weer niks over zullen horen

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Op zaterdag 28 november 2009 13:39 schreef freako het volgende:

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Door het openen van dit topic trek je je eigen voorspelling onderuit. .

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Op zaterdag 28 november 2009 14:11 schreef RechtseRukker het volgende:

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of je leest gewoon beter

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Socialists attack; Jeleva flies to DC

While Rumiana Jeleva, Bulgaria’s nominee for Commissioner is boarding the plane for Washington, where she will have a meeting with US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, media in Bulgaria and Brussels have launched an offensive to discredit her.
In fact, it is through these media that the Bulgarian socialist party has shown its true colors, while Barroso begins to iron out the portfolios of the next Commission. Jeleva, a personal choice of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is expected to enjoy a powerful portfolio such as Enlargement or Communication and Media, meanwhile the Socialists are seeking to tie Jeleva to organized crime herself via… her husband. The husband of Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister, Krassimir Jelev, is a lawyer having worked in large institutions in the Bulgarian banking sector, and does not, as can be expected, have any ties to criminal organizations. Presently, Jelev is employed in the branch office in Varna, of a bank belonging to the TIM group of companies, the leading business conglomerate in Bulgaria established 18 years ago with over 100 companies and 200,000 employees.
“Nonsense, there are no grounds for these allegations. My husband is a lawyer, with a very serious education, and no ties or relations with illegal activity,” Jeleva told New Europe while preparing to board her plane for Washington.
Organised crime in Bulgaria is greatly intertwined with the Bulgarian socialist party, which is why they lost power in the first place to Borisov’s strong anti-corruption platform. Sources in Bulgaria’s government revealed that the legal service of the ministry is studying the case, even considering legal action against the media which have propagated this information.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on his part has not been shaken by the suggestion of a Rocco Buttiglione scenario- and maintains his trust in Borisov, and Jeleva, who will in the meantime be racking up points in Washington DC with Hillary Clinton.

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MEPS' First victim?

Socialist and Liberal MEPs have already singled out Rumiana Jeleva, the Bulgarian candidate for commissioner, for particular attention. They are planning to look into accusations in the Bulgarian media against her husband, Krassimir Jelev, a businessman, of dealings with criminal organisations.

Both Jeleva, currently foreign minister and a former centre-right MEP, and her husband are close to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov who nominated her as commissioner. She is resented by some Liberal MEPs because her nomination ended the chances of Meglena Kuneva, a Liberal, of staying on as commissioner. Socialist MEPs are angry with Borisov over his treatment of Bulgarian Socialist Party politicians, whom he accused in a television interview of being “a gang of liars”. Some MEPs also believe Jeleva is too inexperienced to handle the responsibilities of a commissioner.
Sources in the European Parliament doubt whether there would be enough opposition to Jeleva becoming commissioner for the Parliament to reject her as they did Rocco Buttiglione in 2004. They point out that Jeleva has strong backing from the European People's Party, to which Borisov's GERB party belongs.