“And now, finally, we have also received an explanation from the Dutch MEP Sophie in’t Veld that those who are not part of the missions of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justices and Home Affairs (LIBE), can nevertheless still help prepare the reports, and supposedly, this often happens. ‘Now, can we please stop this,’ Sophie concluded. Well, I don’t know if it was really just proofreading that threw her off track,” wrote journalist Mirko Mayer. As we have previously already reported, LIBE’s report was strongly compromised by Tanja Fajon’s private “proofreader,” who is actually her assistant.
According to reports by the Slovenian Press Agency, a discussion took place on Monday about the mission to Slovenia, which happened in October, and was led by a committee of the European Parliament. The debate ended with a sharp exchange of views between Slovenian MEP Romana Tomc and mission leader Sophie in’t Veld. According to Tomc, they failed to realise the aim of the mission, and in’t Veld was greatly upset by the European People’s Party’s accusations, while she clumsily defended herself by calling for constructive cooperation.
Namely, the discussion was organised by the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs – LIBE. As part of the fact-finding mission to Slovenia, its members were supposed to establish some facts about the state of democracy in our country. The mission criticised the “hostile atmosphere” in our country in particular, as well as mistrust and strong polarisation. At the same time, members expressed regret in the report that no meeting was held with certain prominent Slovenian politicians.
However, MEP Tomc, who is also a member of the SDS party, had been pointing out from the beginning that this was a mission with a political connotation, which was directed against the current government of Janez Janša. She also expressed her belief that the report was not credible and that its main aim was to slander the Slovenian government. Tomc also accused another Slovenian MEP and president of the Social Democrats party (SD), Tanja Fajon, of being involved in the preparation of the report. Therefore, Tomc said, she cannot support the report as she does not find it to be credible. She also said: “Namely, it is obvious that the office of Tanja Fajon from the S&D group, who is also an opposition leader in Slovenia, and who was not a member of the mission, was involved in the preparation of the report from the very beginning. In terms of content, however, I think that this mission has missed the mark.”
The non-credibility of the LIBE report has been confirmed: Those who were not part of the mission also worked on the report
As Tomc also believes, the “rule of law” is not just the appointment or non-appointment of delegated prosecutors, and the state of media is not just the financing of the Slovenian Press Agency. If it were that simple, both problems would have already been solved in Slovenia by now. According to the Slovenian Press Agency, the Dutch MEP responded to all the allegations by saying that all groups in the European Parliament, including the European People’s Party, agreed with the report and that it is customary for people who did not participate in the mission, to help prepare such reports. However, this last statement is just another nail in the coffin of LIBE, as this means that the reports can therefore be prepared by practically anyone. Sophie in’t Veld simply concluded her explanation with: “Now, can we please stop this.”
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