Each slot breaks down into one minute for the question by the MEP, a two-minute answer by the commissioner-designate, a follow-up question from the same MEP, and finally a one-minute answer by the commissioner-designate.
In the second and final round groups will allocate three-minute slots to their members, which must include one minute for the MEP’s question and two minutes for the commissioner’s response.
A similar structure will be applied to the chairs of committees invited to give an opinion. Their assessments will not be binding for the final evaluation.
Evaluation process
According to the documents, the evaluation process will be held behind closed doors with a limited group of Parliament Secretariat staff members and political groups. That includes the coordinators of the committees responsible for evaluating the commissioners, as well as the chair(s) of the invited committees who will convey their nonbinding opinions.
“The coordinators and members should [refrain] from making declarations to the press before the end of the evaluation procedure,” the document reads.
In the meeting, the coordinators will use a special template, previously agreed on by the Conference of Committee Chairs, “and state clearly whether, in the opinion of the
committee(s), the candidate is qualified both to be member of the College and to carry
out the particular duties he/she has been assigned.”
