Since European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced her proposals for the new batch of European Commissioners, the legal affairs committee, also known as JURI, has been in charge of examining each candidate’s conflict of interest declarations. However, many members of the committee from the Greens and The Left walked out of the meeting, arguing that the examination was a total scam as the Parliament has no real powers to investigate — so what is the point of scrutinising financial interests? We spoke to MEP Manon Aubry (The Left/France) to see what she says about the issue. On t…