Rumiana Jeleva caught up in subtle power struggle

Rumiana Jeleva, the EU Commissioner-designate for humanitarian aid, probably won't assume the post after all, Jean Quatremer writes in his blog for Libération, and goes on to criticise the European Parliament's hearings: "In all likelihood Romiana Jeleva will take a plane back to Sofia. It's clear that Jeleva has fallen victim above all to the European Parliament's desire to remind the Commission and the member states that it is an important player in the European power game. There is genuine concern about the way the hearings against the Bulgarian commissioner were conducted. … It's questionable whether public opinion will be able to make heads and tails of this political wrangling. What it will take note of is that for the European Parliament not all incompetence is the same: right-wing incompetence is inexcusable."

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