nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/881ef0a7fd8cb44d DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240325s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/881ef0a7fd8cb44d doi eng 342 23 Schramm, Tobias Author aut Silence is Golden, but not Mandatory Schramm, Tobias Verfassungsblog 2024-03-25 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Last week, European Commissioner Breton received a slap on the wrist from the commission’s officials. After he (politically unwise) criticized the process of electing Ursula von der Leyen as the EPP’s leading candidate on X (formally Twitter), the Commission’s Secretary General did not mince his words in reminding him of his obligations under EU law and the potential sanctions for violating them. In this post, I argue that one cannot construe the duties of the Members of the Commission as a prohibition of political expressions of any kind. CC BY-SA 4.0 EU EU EU Elections Europawahl Freedom of political expressions Meinungsfreiheit Spitzenkandidat (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)4113482-5 gnd Europawahl (DE-588)4038463-9 gnd Meinungsfreiheit Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/silence-is-golden/ raw object