The election of MEPs to lead delegations to foreign countries has been delayed by the confirmation hearings for the nominees to the next European Commission.
The more than 40 delegations of the Parliament were supposed to hold their constitutive meetings next week, but there is now a clash with the re-scheduled confirmation hearings, which start on Monday (29 September). A provisional mid-October date has been set instead for the delegations to elect their leaderships.
Urgency caused one exception. In light of the critical situation in the country, the delegation to Ukraine earlier this month elected as its chair Andrej Plenkovic΄, a centre-right …read more
Source: European Voice
