The association of ranchers Asaja has sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, demanding that the Spanish Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, not be appointed commissioner due to her 'questionable' management of the DANA that has devastated the Valencia Community. The also third vice president of the Government of Spain will undergo an examination at 6 PM before being appointed Vice President for Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition.
Asaja claims that 'this tragedy has been exacerbated by the questionable management of river areas under the responsibility of Mrs. Teresa Ribera.' In the letter, which ABC has accessed, the president of the Association of Young Farmers (Asaja) explains that 'the neglect in cleaning riverbeds and ravines, which we have been alerting as an organization for years, has left these areas vulnerable to large-scale natural disasters, such as the one recently suffered.
As confirmed to this newspaper by sources from the European People's Party, several non-Spanish MEPs will ask the candidate questions about her work related to the catastrophe, given that it has come to light that she has spent most of her time in Brussels campaigning for her candidacy. Her condition as minister is not insignificant, as it is already frowned upon for a commissioner candidate to arrive at the examination without resigning from their position in the Executive, although it is not the only case in this round.
The question in the air is whether the opposition of the Spanish PP, which has recently increased its pressure on Ribera, will be enough to derail her candidacy.
