Thread by @MehreenKhn

Has @GoulardSylvie's water bottle got its own Twitter account yet? #EPhearings2019

@GoulardSylvie Goulard wins a solid smattering of applause after a contrite opening statement where she expressed "regret" at that her relationship with Berggueren institute and asks MEPs to presume her innocent until proven guilty of fraud

@GoulardSylvie Goulard compares her sprawling portfolio topics to having lots of children. "Some will demand more attention than others". @vonderleyen will sympathise

@GoulardSylvie @vonderleyen 🔥🔥 Goulard burns the Brits: After the translation services breakdown, she says she can't speak English all the time because she'd be accused of "ignoring culture". 😐

@GoulardSylvie @vonderleyen Approaching the end of @GoulardSylvie's 2nd hearing. She will need a simply majority of votes to pass. From their questions, the centre-right EPP and Greens along with eurosceptic groups likely to reject her. Socialist votes will be crucial to save her skin

@GoulardSylvie @vonderleyen Goulard needs at least 59 votes in a secret ballot today to win confirmation

@GoulardSylvie @vonderleyen Maths doesn't look good for Goulard: Even with backing of her own @RenewEurope and the @TheProgressives *and* all 10 votes of the @ecrgroup (not clear she gets them) - she still can't win majority without @EPPGroup and @GreensEFA

@GoulardSylvie @vonderleyen @RenewEurope @TheProgressives @ecrgroup @EPPGroup @GreensEFA Macron has been hitting the phones to lobby for Goulard in Madrid, Berlin and other capitals this week. Should she fall filed under "Manfred's revenge" @ManfredWeber

@GoulardSylvie @vonderleyen @RenewEurope @TheProgressives @ecrgroup @EPPGroup @GreensEFA @ManfredWeber Hope @MichelBarnier keeps his phone on today 📞👀

@GoulardSylvie @vonderleyen @RenewEurope @TheProgressives @ecrgroup @EPPGroup @GreensEFA @ManfredWeber @MichelBarnier They are not the ones voting today but a majority of the parliament's legal affairs committee has said Goulard is now *not* fit to take office. Which begs question why she was allowed to sit the hearings in the first place

https://twitter.com/EPPGroup/status/1182234338223706112

@GoulardSylvie @vonderleyen @RenewEurope @TheProgressives @ecrgroup @EPPGroup @GreensEFA @ManfredWeber @MichelBarnier Goulard's final confirmation vote expected around 1500 CET @MxSba

The @EPPGroup - largest in parliament - will not vote in favour of Goulard today. Those Merkel - Macron phonecalls aren't what they used to be

If Macron has any trolling bones in his body he should nominate @NathalieLoiseau - the woman who infamously called @ManfredWeber an "ectoplasm" - as France's next EU commissioner

#scenes in Goulard fight today. The @EPPGroup tweeted a statement (now deleted) which accidentally showed the background of an internal WhatsApp chat where they promise to "kill Goulard in the vote but don't say it ...yet" 🧐

Condolences to @EPPGroup twitter account. You've had a v good few weeks. But it was always going to end in 🔥🔥🔥