Despite a request for two names from Brussels, Taoiseach Simon Harris has reaffirmed his nomination of Michael McGrath, a former minister, to be Ireland’s EU Commissioner, reports Breaking News.
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has said that she will formally request that nations submit the names of a man and a woman to assist her in assembling a gender-balanced team of commissioners.
A few weeks ago, Mr. McGrath announced his resignation as Finance Minister in order to accept the nomination as an EU Commissioner, reports Breaking News.
In accordance with a deal reached by the three parties that make up Ireland’s coalition government, the Fianna Fail party selected their candidate to be the country’s next EU Commissioner.
Speaking in Paris, Mr. Harris suggested a prominent politician who had left the Cabinet to concentrate on the position, but he said it would be “strange” and “unfair” to put two names up, reports Breaking News.
The Taoiseach declared that he did not think that Ireland’s prospects of receiving a significant portfolio would be impacted by the nomination of a single individual.
The president of Ms. von der Leyen’s EPP political group, Mr. Harris, whose Fine Gael party is a part of, stated, “I know President von der Leyen to be a very serious, a very competent and a fair politician.”
“I know from my conversations with her that she will assess the suitability of commissioners for portfolios based on their background, based on their CV, based on interviews that she will carry out,” reports Breaking News.
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