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There are 2 different things. 1. the civil service system of appointments, and 2. political appointments. We are talking about political positions here. There was no formal rule. The Spitzenkandidat was applied for Juncker as it was seen to be more transparent. The elected heads of sovereign...

Who would that be? Selmayr? The President of the EU Commission? The EU army would be a defence force. I would be in favour of an EU army in NATO. With no mandate to act as aggressor in other countries. As the Bundeswehr is. It only takes part in NATO or UN peacekeeping missions.

What are you on about? If everyone in EU Europe is in the same army, there won’t be any war in the EU Europe. Seeing as the EU is a trading bloc and not a country, there is no one person who has the power to decide on a an aggressive war. Most EU countries are in NATO anyway. 27 countries would...

There is no chance of an EU army as a separate entity at the moment. So it is a long term goal. The reason why Merkel abstained has nothing to do with not rocking the boat. She backed Von der Leyen without consulting with the coalition partners. Now the SPD are up in arms and the CDU have...

In the article it says that the smaller states were behind Von der Leyen. It even quotes V4 saying that they are growing in influence. Merkel abstained because she doesn’t have approval from her coalition partners.

Sharing resources is the current thinking. There is no EU army. And no immediate plan for one. https://ec.europa.eu/epsc/sites/epsc/files/epsc_brief_defenceunion.pdf

I have already said that most EU countries have signed up to an EU defence force to share resources. It’s happened. No one is proposing an EU Army in the short term. The question doesn’t arise. Ireland, though, already answered it before it has been asked. They are only committed to sharing...

Yes, I’ve read it. The phrase is „long term goal“. Short term it is defence cooperation. Fine by me. Long term as well. We don’t know what the next generation will want. Maybe the World powers will look different long term. Deal with that when we get there. The dispute is now between the EU...

She hasn’t been appointed as they alone cannot appoint her. She has been nominated. Parliament has to appoint her. The EU army she wants is what most countries have already signed up for, or at least for a shared defence force. Even Ireland, which is a neutral country. Ireland says it is in for...

Let me know when you have your Gite up and running. Love France, but haven’t had a holiday there since my kid arrived... 9 months after my last holiday with my then girlfriend...

Pleased to see you are back. Those that are in charge of the countries nominated Von der Leyen, not the parties. They overrode the parties.

The first person „off again“ after your post is the troll with another stupid remark. You don’t get it do you?

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You could apologize, but you won’t.

The troll is fed by people like yourself. What surprises me, is that you are not clever enough to realise that he is not the full shilling. He is now claiming that by my mentioning attractive women who work for me than I am perverse. FYI I am heterosexual and find women attractive. Yes, the...

Someone feed the troll please.

She abstained. Her coalition is completely split on this issue. The greens, who are gaining in popularity, are up in arms. I think this is going to go pear shaped.

Luckily, the over 700 MEPs have the chance of not accepting her. The CDU CSU and their allies actually wanted Weber for the nomination, but didn’t get enough support. Von der Leyen was very popular at one time and can present herself well in interviews.constantly on TV. Best wait until the vote...

Give me an example of someone on here who is non committed?

Actually it isn’t. It is not his job to decide what the kids can see or not see. Ok. Pornography or disgusting pictures excepted.