Nominees for some of the European Union’s top jobs are facing parliamentary hearings. EU lawmakers are starting to vet would-be commissioners to oversee Europe-wide policies ranging from agriculture to trade for the next five years.
Europe an Commission President Ursula von der Leyen rings a bell to signify the beginning of the weekly college of commissioners meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. on Monday, as lawmakers start to vet would-be commissioners to oversee Europe -wide policies ranging from agriculture to trade for the next five years.
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, now into her second term leading an institution with more than 33,000 employees, assembled her new-look executive in September, seeking to balance He’s been branded a political lightweight, compared to the former ministers and premiers nominated to Von der Leyen’s team. Micallef is backed by the center-left Socialists and Democrats, the second biggest political family in Parliament.
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