Δεύτερη ανοιχτή επιστολή στον Jean Claude Juncker απο τον εκδότη της New Europe Βασίλη Κορωνάκη

O εκδότης της New Europe, Βασίλης Κορωνάκης, στέλνει δεύτερη ανοιχτή επιστολή στον νέο Πρόεδρο της Κομμισιόν, Jean-Claude Junker.

Διαβάστε την επιστολή όπως δημοσιεύτηκε στην εφημερίδα New Europe την Τρίτη 14 Οκτωβρίου 2014.

«Dear President, First things first, Mr. President. You were elected by the vote of European citizens and your election was validated by the Heads of State and the European Parliament. Yet, the essence is that you were elected by European citizens.

Your predecessor was not elected by the citizens of Europe. He was appointed by the Heads of State as a result of endless Byzantine machinations in a shameful give-and-take process and his appointment was formally ratified by the European Parliament.

And, although you have formally the same prerogatives of your predecessor, you are legitimized to take political decisions that your predecessor was not. Indeed, you are the elected President of the European Commission, you are the political leader of the government of half a billion Europeans; contrarily to the outgoing President who in political terms was nothing more that the Secretary of the Council of the Member States.

This qualitative difference gives you the right and the obligation to behave politically. This is your challenge Mr. President and this is what will bring the change we need in Europe.

Europe is in deep crisis and European citizens, those that have voted for you and also those that did not vote for you, expect on the first of November you will assume your position and will start working to bring the Union out of the crisis. Bring development, give jobs to our youth and give hope to the people.

You know pretty well, President, that this crisis, which was intelligently branded as economic, is political. It is deeply political. That Citizens believe what they believe is only the result of a superb management of perceptions which the ruling elite passed to Urbi et Orbi using systemic media which were mobilized on the occasion.

Mr. President, you are one of the few “political animals” left in this continent, you have a political mandate and you have the will.

On the first of November Mr. President, your Commission must take over. If Slovenia, or any other member state twice failed to nominate a Commissioner acceptable by the Parliament, is not your problem and this certainly cannot stop your Commission from taking over.

Simply, Mr. President, proceed without Slovenia. As you do not need to pass any hearing to assume any responsibility in your Commission, leave Slovenia out and take its portfolio yourself letting the Director General to do the job and be sure that they will do a good job.

The Treaty after all, is clear. The number of Commissioners must be smaller that the number of Member States. That is why the High Representative, Federica Mogherini, although vice-President is not a Commissioner.

Furthermore, the Treaty does not say how many Commissioners less than the number of Member States there should be. This will be also a clear message to all Member States, large and small, and this message will be the first chapter of the history you are now writing, Mr. President.

Make the difference Mr. President, and liberate Europe. This is your only way.

Basil A. Coronakis
​Editor
New Europe»