TAG: EU Transition 2024
Czech crisis manager set to become EU’s top global dealmaker
BRUSSELS — If there’s one experience both Ursula von der Leyen and Jozef Síkela have in common, it’s being thrown in the deep end.In her first three years as European Commission president starting in 2019, von der Leyen steered the EU through a pandemic a...
3 weeks ago
Financial services role goes to Albuquerque ― but she brings baggage
BRUSSELS ― Maria Luís Albuquerque, who has been selected to oversee financial services in the new European Commission, has a mixed reputation at home.The Portuguese lawmaker was a surprise victor in the brawl for the role, seeing off competition from fina...
3 weeks ago
Breton slams ‘empress’ von der Leyen’s power grab and France’s loss of influence in EU
PARIS — Former European Commissioner Thierry Breton believes that France will be weaker in Brussels after his departure and that giving too much power to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is a danger to Europe."France is now relegated to...
2 weeks ago
European Parliament inches toward commissioner hearings in November
BRUSSELS — The hearings for European commissioners look increasingly likely to be held from Nov. 4 to Nov. 12 after a majority of chairs of European Parliament committees backed those dates Tuesday.A final decision will be taken Wednesday by the Conferenc...
2 weeks ago
European commissioner hearings confirmed for November
The hearings for European commissioners will be held from Nov. 4 to Nov. 12, senior members of the European Parliament decided Wednesday.Holding the hearings in November means the earliest date for the new European Commission to start work is early Decemb...
1 week ago
Two proposed timetables put forward for commissioner hearings
The European Parliament is pondering whether to grill the six executive vice-presidents first or last in next month's hearings for European commissioners-designate, according to two proposed schedules seen by POLITICO.The hearings will take place from Nov...
1 week ago