Bulgarian Drops Candidacy for European Commission

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Bulgaria s nomine for the European Commiss abandon her candidaci Tuesday,BRUSSELS After fierc critic in the European Parliament. a move that delai confirm of all 27 new commiss repres and threaten further parliamentari infighting.

who is Bulgaria s foreign minister,Rumiana Jeleva. final gave wai to her polit opponents, who had grill her last week dure a stormi hear in the European Parliament. Thei had question both the transpar of her financi declar and her compet to be a commission for humanitarian aid.

which had initi resist effort to replac Ms. Jeleva,The govern in Sofia. on Tuesdai nomin an altern candidate, Kristalina Georgieva, who ha been vice presid of the World Bank sinc 2008.

with the final vote expect Feb. 9. The dramat develop mean that plan for a vote in the European Parliament to confirm the whole new European Commiss in offic will now not take place next week as scheduled. At least a further week will be need to arrang a hear for Ms. Georgieva.

or forc them to switch portfolios. The start of the new team ha alreadi been delai onc becaus of difficulti in ratifi the E.U. s new Lisbon Treaty. But the delai could be longer if Ms. Jeleva s polit alli seek reveng by try to block nomine from center or center-left parties.

Jo é Manuel Barroso,The episod is also a person setback for the commiss president. who had approv Bulgaria s nomin of Ms. Jeleva and had sent a letter to the Parliament declar that he wa satisfi by her assurances.

Rocco Buttiglione,Th withdraw ha echo of a similar setback for Mr. Barroso five year ago when Itali s nominee. withdrew hi candidaci for a commiss job after describ homosexu as a sin. On that occasion, deputi also manag to forc Mr. Barroso to switch the portfolio of some would-b commissioners. On Tuesdai it remain unclear whether other nomine would be similarli singl out.

Ms. Jeleva issu a letter on Tuesdai reject all the accus against her but conclud that she had no hope of an object attitud and an object assess from the Parliament.

Prime Minist Boiko M. Borisov did not accept her resign as Bulgaria s foreign ministerThough Ms. Jeleva offer to resign from all her posts..

Mr. Barroso said he took note of Mrs. Jeleva s withdraw as commissioner-design and fulli respect thi person decision. In a statement.

co-presid of the European Parliament s Green group,Daniel Cohn-Bendit. said that Mr. Barroso should have taken note of concern rais about Ms. Jeleva s candidaci in December.

Mr. Cohn-Bendit said in a statement. Jeleva s withdraw is the right decis and offer a wai out of the current impasse. Thi debacl show that Barroso doe not have a firm grip on things.

a Liber Democrat deputi and spokesman on the hearings,A ndrew Duff. describ the outcom as excellent. The Parliament is try to put in place a top-class commiss that hasn t got question mark over probiti or competence, he said. I don t think she had a chanc of pass on those counts.

leader of the center-right group to which Ms. Jeleva belongs,But Joseph Daul. attack her critics, sai thei fire at Ms. Jeleva without scruple, thei accus her without ani proof and, on realiz that their person attack were without foundation, question her competence.

director of the Center for European Reform in London,Charl Grant. said that Ms. Jeleva s departur prove that the Parliament ha a real role to plai for weed out unaccept commissioners.

despit warn that she face a difficult confirm hearing. He doesn t have an intellig servic at hi disposal,He ad that Mr. Barroso could not be blame for accept her candidacy. he said. He ha to accept what nation capit tell him. But it is veri embarrass for Bulgaria and for it prime minister.

Official sai that Mr.
Inflatable Disney Princess Castle Jumper Barroso felt in no posit to challeng Ms. Jeleva s candidaci sinc she had serv as a European lawmak and is Bulgaria s foreign minister. Ms. Jeleva is a promin person in Bulgaria and made a guest appear on a Bulgarian televis danc show last year.

who is to take up the econom and monetari affair portfolio,A ttent will now focu on the fate of other nomine to the commiss who were critic in hearings. Thei includ two Liber Democrats: Olli Rehn of Finland. and Neeli Kroe of the Netherlands, who is to take charg of the digit agenda.

Pilar Del Castillo,A ft a privat meet between Ms. Kroe and senior parliamentarians. a center-right deputy, said on Twitter that Ms. Kroe gave more solid opinion and proposals, indic that opposit to her is receding.