The first conference, organized by the Delphic Forum in Brussels with the assistance of “K”, was a great success. For the first time, the voices of the countries of the South Eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans were heard at such a conference in the heart of Europe. Three points stood out.

The initial discussion of Commissioner Margaritis Schinas, who was asked “Now that Merkel is out of the picture, who to call if they want to talk to ‘Europe’?” – “In Ursula”, – replied Schinas, who once again managed to be in the center of decision-making in Brussels.

The second point is the participation of Alexis Tsipras’s diplomatic adviser, Vangelis Kalpadakis, who did an excellent job at the enlargement panel. But he was also categorical in the answers he gave to the Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkey, who participated in the same discussion. “I wish all our people would answer so convincingly,” commented a Greek who works in the EU. and he doesn’t even have the political views of Kalpadakis.

The third moment, the appearance of Anna-Michel Asimakopoulou with the Israeli ambassador to the EU, who is considered a “heavy player”. Her comfort and the way she handled the debate proved what is widespread in Brussels, which is that “she literally suffocates because she understood how the system works from the first moment.”

Filters increase

In N.D. many thoughts. in the case of Deputy Pacis. Among other things, in order to avoid similar phenomena in the future, there is an idea to increase the filters in order to be a candidate. For example, in the past, candidates for deputies signed, among other things, that there was no irrevocable criminal record against them. It should be added that they are not contractors of the public sector, as happened in the case of the deputy.

Thoughts on the charter

However, there are thoughts about changes in the charter. Pacis did not relinquish his seat, nor did other MEPs and MEPs expelled in the past. The idea is to amend the party’s charter to provide that when someone is expelled from parliament, they are also required to hand over their seat. The corresponding provision will be more of a moral character than a legal one, as a competent party official told me, since strictly legally it may be invalid, since deputies and deputies of the European Parliament are elected by citizens through parties, and not parties directly. .