The next meeting of the colleague of the European commissioners, which will take place this Wednesday, could be very tense. In question, the appointment at the end of January of the German MEP of the CDU, Markus Pieper, to the post of emissary of the institution for SMEs-SMIs. He will receive more than 18,000 euros per month to occupy this position which was previously honorary. This recruitment continues to make waves within the European Parliament as well as within the Commission, where some see it as a political decision. Like Ursula von der Leyen, Markus Pieper is a member of the EPP and the CDU.
This time, it was Austrian Commissioner Johannes Hahn, member of the EPP, in charge of the European budget and personnel within the European executive, who came out of the woodwork to defend this recruitment. According to our information, at the end of last week he sent a letter to his four colleagues - the French Thierry Breton, the Spaniard Josep Borrel, the Italian Paolo Gentiloni and the Luxembourger Nicolas Schmit -…
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