BRUSSELS, - Lega MEPs Marco Zanni, president of the ID group, and Marco Campomenosi presented a question
to the European Commission on the sentences of President Ursula von der Leyen
pronounced yesterday at Princeton University in reference to the Italian elections.
Von der Leyen "does not consider this
intervention harmful to the principle of independence of the Commission?
", They write, asking for clarification from the leader of the community executive.
"During a
debate on 22 September at Princeton University
in the United States - reads the question -, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, referring to the upcoming Italian elections, declared that in
the event
of the future government goes in a 'difficult' direction,
the Commission has the tools to intervene,
as in the recent cases of Poland and Hungary
.
Can the President of the European Commission clarify what he meant by "difficult direction" and on what elements he made this preliminary assessment? "
17 (3) TEU and the Code of Conduct of its members, according to which they 'do not act or express themselves, through any means, in a way that adversely affects
the public's perception of their independence?
".
