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Barroso has complete list of candidate European Commissioners

Wed, Nov 25 2009 11:54 CET

byClive Leviev-Sawyer

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Barroso has complete list of candidate European Commissioners

He's making a list, he's checking it twice: European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso answers questions from MEPs during Question Time at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, November 24 2009.

European Commission President Jose Barroso has received nominations from all 27 European Union member states of candidate European Commissioners.
 
Barroso, answering questions from MEPs on November 24 2009, confirmed that he had received the final names that day.
 
Replying to a question by Greens co-leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Barroso said that it was he who would decide the final composition of the commission, a hint that he would resist lobbying by individual member states.
 
Reports have suggested that some portfolios would undergo changes, such as a split-up of the environment portfolio, the justice and home affairs portfolio, while Barroso said that the new human rights portfolio probably would also include a minority rights portfolio.
 
The EC nominated by Barroso will be subjected to scrutiny by European Parliament portfolio committees. If the European Parliament approves the new EC, after hearings expected to begin on January 11 2010, the Commission will take office in February.
 
"I am pleased to have received nominations from all member states. Now it is my job to allocate the right portfolios to the right people. I look forward to present a strong Commission team to the European Parliament," Barroso said.
 
The full list of nominations is:
 
Austria: Johannes Hahn
Belgium: Karel De Gucht
Bulgaria: Roumyana Zheleva
Cyprus: Androulla Vassiliou
Czech Republic: Štefan Füle
Denmark: Connie Hedegaard
Estonia: Siim Kallas
Finland: Olli Rehn
France: Michel Barnier
Germany: Günther H. Oettinger
Greece: Maria Damanaki
Hungary: László Andor
Ireland: Máire Geoghegan Quinn
Italy: Antonio Tajani
Latvia: Andris Piebalgs
Lithuania: Algirdas Šemeta
Luxembourg: Viviane Reding
Malta: John Dalli
The Netherlands: Neelie Kroes
Poland: Janusz Lewandowski
Romania: Dacian Cioloş
Slovakia: Maroš Šefčovič
Slovenia: Janez Potočnik
Spain: Joaquín Almunia
Sweden: Cecilia Malmström
 
 
 

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