2023-07-14 17:42:04
By Anne Rovan
Posted 6 hours ago, Updated 3 hours ago
DECRYPTION – The leaders of the European Parliament and Paris castigate the access to a key post of Fiona Scott Morton, adviser to the giants of the net.
Correspondent in Brussels
Rarely has an appointment in the services of the Commission triggered such an outcry. The leaders of the four largest political groups in the European Parliament (right, social democrats, liberals and ecologists) took to the pen on Friday morning to report on their « consternation ». If the other capitals remain behind for the time being, Paris has put its foot in the dish. No less than three Borne government ministers were on the front line on Thursday: Christine Colonna (Foreign Affairs), Laurence Boone (European Affairs) and Jean-Noël Barrot (Digital). Catherine Colonna shared her “astonishment”, calling on the EU executive to “reconsider” her decision.
Before that, Marine Le Pen then Jean-Luc Mélenchon had sounded the alarm. The first denounced on Wednesday a Europe which “does not work in the service of the interests of the peoples and nations of Europe”, when the second castigated…
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