it was reported by euractiv on 26 september 2019 that commissioners-designate lászló trócsányi of hungary (neighbourhood and enlargement) and rovana plumb of romania (transport) will be questioned by the european parliament legal affairs committee about their declarations of interests due to potential conflict of interests and "discrepancies in property statements". other commissioners-designate were approved by the committee, including didier reynders of belgium (justice) and sylvie goulard of france (internal market) who are under investigation by respective national authorities due to corruption allegations or misuse of eu money, accoriding to one of the meps because the committee does not have the authority to question candidates beyond facts stated in the declarations od interests. euractiv also reports that janusz wojciechowski of poland (agriculture) might as well be questioned by the committee. euractiv reported later that day that rovana plumb of romania was rejected as a european commissioner-designate by 10 votes to 6 (with 2 abstentions). hungarian commissioner-designate lászló trócsányi was rejected on 26 september as well by 11 votes to 9 due to his personal finances in connection with his law firm, he founded before becoming minister of justice and due to concerns about "connections to russia" in relation to extradition of russian suspects to russia. it is up to the president-elect ursula von der leyen to take further decisions on candidates, while juri approval is a necessary precondition for hearings to take place. this was the first time that candidates have been rejected by the juri committee.