{"id":38918,"date":"2012-11-02T13:40:53","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T11:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sg.admk-dev.de\/letter-to-herman-van-rompuy-on-the-nomination-of-yves-mersch\/"},"modified":"2012-11-02T13:40:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T11:40:53","slug":"letter-to-herman-van-rompuy-on-the-nomination-of-yves-mersch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sven-giegold.de\/en\/letter-to-herman-van-rompuy-on-the-nomination-of-yves-mersch\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to Herman Van Rompuy on the nomination of Yves Mersch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Dear President,<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"> On Octobre 25, the Plenary of the European Parliament has, for the first time, rejected a nominee chosen by the Council of ministers for the ECB board, Mr Yves Mersch.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"> The Parliament, directly elected by the European Citizens, has expressed serious concerns on gender balance and, more broadly, on the lack of diversity this type of selection\u2019s procedure is generating.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"> As stated in the resolution voted by the ECON committee on October 22, we ask you to look seriously for qualified women candidates for this position to rectify the gender balance and end image of the ECB as an all-male club until 2018.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"> We also ask for new procedures for the future, that could allow a more transparent, gender and diversity friendly selection of candidates, in all EU positions. The current bargaining behind closed doors must end.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"> The concerns raised by the EP are\u00a0 important enough to be discussed openly by the European Council. The choice of a written procedure, during a long weekend, is far from fair. It does not meet the requirement of a sincere cooperation between institutions enshrined in the treaties and contradicts the decision rightly taken in June by the European Council to improve democratic legitimacy and accountability at EU level.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"> This written procedure is even destroying mutual trust in a time where we should all unite our forces, in the common interest, in order to fight against the crisis, in implementing\u00a0 fully the banking union for example. How could we believe that the Council is really keen to improve accountability, if it ignores the votes of the plenary of the European Parliament? \u00a0How could we work together in a good spirit if the Parliament is clearly circumvented ?<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"> Beyond the ECB, it is the credibility of the process launched at the June European Council that is at stake. Before proposing treaty changes, one could at least implement the existing ones in a good spirit.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"> Yours faithfully,<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sven Giegold and Sylvie Goulard (MEPs)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear President, On Octobre 25, the Plenary of the European Parliament has, for the first time, rejected a nominee chosen by the Council of ministers for the ECB board, Mr Yves Mersch. 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