Lenarčič must prove his devotion in the coming months

02.10.2019 22:14

Lenarčič must prove his devotion in the coming months

Janez Lenarcic

“Commissioner-designate Janez Lenarčič has shown competence regarding his portfolio and specifically in the field of migration and cooperation with the local civil society. Now, Lenarčič must prove his devotion in the coming months”, said EPP Group Spokesman in the European Parliament’s Development Committee György Hölvényi MEP, reflecting on Lenarčič's performance at the EP hearing in his capacity as Commissioner-designate for Crisis Management.

“The ongoing humanitarian crises around the globe will require a sustainable solution, and it is for this reason that cooperation with local actors and faith-based organisations will be essential. European citizens saw for themselves the large migration flows of recent years, and have come to understand the way humanitarian crises, even in distant regions, influence their own lives”, he continued. Hölvényi said that the EPP Group strongly believes that with effective crisis management, we can manage migration flows and we can ensure the right of people to stay in their homeland.

“In 2014, the very active EPP Commissioner Christos Stylianides was among the first international officials to visit the Ebola-affected regions in West Africa. We expect the same devotion from Mr Lenarčič in expressing the EU’s global responsibility”, he concluded.

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The EPP Group is the largest political group in the European Parliament with 182 Members from 26 Member States

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