The European Parliament is from controlling the European Commission's actions, which seems trivial. Members of the European Parliament are asking questions to the EC representatives on behalf of their constituents, the citizens of the associate States of the European Union.
The practice, which seems obvious, is not obvious. This is demonstrated by the conduct of the advanced typical of the Union for abroad Affairs and safety Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Kai Kallas at the last gathering of Parliament and its committee in Brussels.
In camera, that is, without uncomfortable witnesses
In all parliament, we have a practice of classified sittings, although, in principle, we are seeking to limit the application of this procedure to situations that are truly exceptional and justified. As the practice of the European Parliament shows, specified meetings are frequently held by committees and human rights groups. It simply means that people persecuted in individual countries, or witnesses to these repressions, may appear before them. Attempting to defend them through partial even anonymisation is most justified. For this purpose, the procedure referred to in the EP is provided for. in camera.
Kallas under protection
It would appear that the Vice-President of the European Commission is not 1 of specified susceptible victims of repression. due to her office, she should answer the parliamentarians’ questions on our behalf. That's why she has uncommon very uncommon meetings with the Committee on abroad Affairs. Members can ask them questions that are not very convenient, which can actually origin a problem with any serious intellectual and political deficits (the question of its choice as its position is written media mainstream). That is most likely why Kallas decided (or possibly it was suggested to her in the European Commission) that the gathering with the Euro-Parliamentarians would take place in the mode in camera. That is, so that no of the citizens of the associate States can see with their own eyes and ears the level of incompetence from Estonia.
Energy and safety in different dimensions
And there were quite a few questions for Kallas. For example, on a sanction policy that will shortly put us in a serious energy crisis. Gas stocks in European warehouses have fallen to record-breakingly low levels of 35% of their state. The brink of conflict in the Persian Gulf and the end of the blockade of the Ormuz Strait on the horizon cannot be seen. This means that in just a fewer months, Europe will be faced with massive shortages of energy supplies that will not be replenished from outside the ocean, much besides expensive. In this situation, the only way seems to be to unblock imports of this key natural material from Russia, which Kallas and the EC do not want to hear about, pushing for further, even further-reaching packages of sanctions.
The European Union as a organization to the conflict
Questions to Kallas about safety were asked by the president of the Confederation of the Polish Crown and at the same time by the Euro MPs Grzegorz Braun. Due to the closed nature of the sitting, he was incapable to share all the details with us. However, he reported that the head of EU diplomacy repeated as a mantra thesis that the EU was not neutral in the armed conflict in Ukraine. The Polish Euro-Parliamentarian asked her a question about her statements during the last gathering of EU MFA heads in Cyprus. It stated at the time that the European Commission was not reasoning of starting serious negotiations with Russia. The Union cannot in its conviction be a mediator between Moscow and Kiev, due to the fact that it is simply a organization to the conflict. Of safety, both traditionally understood and energy-oriented, economic, Kallas did not even care. Although, as Braun stressed, concerns concern Central and east European countries in the first place, and so besides Estonia, whose current Commissioner was Prime Minister.
Banderism under protection – in Brussels and Warsaw
Grzegorz Braun besides asked a short question about the flourishing neobanderism in Ukraine. He mentioned that the answer in this case would possibly be any discomfort for Estonia, due to the fact that in her native country there are besides marches in honor of Waffen-SS veterans who are honoured by the authorities. He was right: Kallas' answer did not fail, but her mantra could be heard again that we were "supporting Ukraine".
In the context of fresh events in Kiev and Polish-Ukrainian relations, it is besides worth noting that inactive the state apparatus is programmed in our country to repress and intimidate those who dare to consistently argue the Ukrainianization of Poland. Grzegorz Braun has just informed us that law enforcement has stubbornly made the life of his immediate household miserable. They want to interview his wife for... acquisition a ticket for her husband at the Kraków Kościuszko Mound. What is the meaning of this for the “examination” of circumstances? public stock photos of the abroad state's flag from the mound by the leader of the Confederation of the Polish Crown in the erstwhile Polish capital – it is not known.
It's most likely about harassing. Unlike Kai Kallas, the wife of Grzegorz Braun, as well as the close of all those who go against the tide of authoritative narrative, 1 can, or even seemingly – according to inactive existing political directives – make life miserable in any way.
Mateusz Piskorski
