BRUSSELS - French President Emmanuel Macron insisted Sylvie Goulard was the victim of a “political game” on Thursday after France’s choice to be the head of EU industrial policy was emphatically rejected by European lawmakers.
Her rejection, led by the biggest group in the European Parliament, comes against the backdrop of a power struggle between lawmakers and Macron about who should take leadership roles in the next European Commission. “EU citizens won’t put their trust in their institutions when a Commissioner sees absolutely no problem in making 10,000 euros a month from a private lobby in addition to her MEP salary,” said French far-left lawmaker Manon Aubry.“Sylvie Goulard has been the object of a political game which affects the whole of the European Commission,” said a statement issued by his office.
Following Macron’s 2017 election victory, Goulard was appointed defense minister but resigned barely a month into the job after an investigation into the way her political party, MoDem, hired assistants in the European assembly. “I am not under formal investigation,” she told lawmakers on Thursday as she protested her innocence once more.
They should given the job to Farage.
Wrong candidate, so many unsolved problems in her past. Error applying. Macron
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How’s that sovereignty going for you guys over there?😂
Good. About time somebody brought him down a peg or two
About time the EU made a good decision.