Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000414/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Angéline Furet (PfE), Sarah Knafo (ESN), Pascale Piera (PfE), Marieke Ehlers (PfE), Ondřej Knotek (PfE), Tiago Moreira de Sá (PfE), Filip Turek (PfE), Marcin Sypniewski (ESN), Malika Sorel (PfE), Isabella Tovaglieri (PfE), Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain (PfE), Georgiana Teodorescu (ECR), António Tânger Corrêa (PfE), Petar Volgin (ESN), Anne-Sophie Frigout (PfE), Petr Bystron (ESN), Valérie Deloge (PfE), Irmhild Boßdorf (ESN), Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă (NI), Fernand Kartheiser (ECR), Thierry Mariani (PfE), Catherine Griset (PfE), Nikola Bartůšek (PfE), Jorge Buxadé Villalba (PfE), Christophe Bay (PfE), Jean-Paul Garraud (PfE), Tomasz Froelich (ESN), Harald Vilimsky (PfE), Georg Mayer (PfE), Séverine Werbrouck (PfE), Branko Grims (PPE), Silvia Sardone (PfE)
On 9 January 2025, in an interview on RMC, former European Commissioner Thierry Breton suggested that the European Union had played a role in the judicial process that led to the cancellation of the presidential elections in Romania. He added that the EU could consider similar action in Germany, notably if the AfD were to win the elections, owing to concerns about possible foreign interference, in particular by Elon Musk.
These statements raise questions about the EU’s commitment to democratic principles and the sovereignty of the Member States.
- 1.Can the Commission clarify these statements and state whether it intervened, or could have intervened in any way, in the process leading to the cancellation of the first round of the elections in Romania?
- 2.What criteria could justify such a measure in other Member States?
- 3.What powers does the Commission have to intervene in national elections?
Supporters[1]
Submitted: 30.1.2025
- [1] This question is supported by Members other than the authors: Julien Leonardelli (PfE), Julie Rechagneux (PfE)