Mitsotakis hosted… Crete vacation of EU Commission President created controversy

The European Union (EU) Commission declared that the visit of President Ursula von der Leyen, who was a guest of Greek Prime Minister Kiryakos Mitsotakis, was “a completely legal and personal trip.”

An EU Commission spokesman said: “This was a personal trip, fully in line with the Commission’s guidelines.” he gave the answer.

On the other hand, Sophie in ‘t Veld, one of the influential members of the European Parliament (EP), said in a statement from her account on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that she addressed the EU Ombudsman to assess whether the visit was made in accordance with the laws of the Union. In ‘t Veld also announced that she asked the EP to consider this visit at the General Assembly which will meet again in September.

‘CONDITIONAL TO BE UNAUTHORIZED’

In his social media post, the MP said: “The EU Commission is responsible for the implementation of EU law. Being impartial is essential. The president of the European Commission taking a vacation at the home of the prime minister of one of the member states could jeopardize the decision-making process of the Commission.” he used his statements.

In ‘t Veld, von der Leyen criticizes his visit to Crete as a guest of Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis, saying: “At the moment (von der Leyen was on vacation in Greece), the Commission, the setbacks, the investigation of the ship disaster in Greece, opposition The eavesdropping scandal against his party, the unsolved murder of an investigative journalist and the undermining of independent oversight bodies are brazenly silent It would be appropriate for von der Leyen to resign while issues relating to Greece and its government in the EU Commission”, he said.

Criticism by the Dutch lawmaker, who accused the EU Commission of keeping silent on Greece’s violations, was widely covered by the European press. (AA)