TAG: career
Wolfgang Schäuble, former German finance minister, dies at 81
Wolfgang Schäuble, former German finance minister, longstanding senior lawmaker and a key figure beh...
8 months ago
UK Energy Minister Graham Stuart quits government ahead of election
LONDON — Energy Minister Graham Stuart has stepped down from his role at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.Stuart announced his decision to return to the backbenches on Friday afternoon, ending a ministerial career that spanned eight years.H...
6 months ago
Denmark nominates Dan Jørgensen as EU commissioner
Denmark has put forward Dan Jørgensen to be part of Ursula von der Leyen’s second team of EU commissioners, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen confirmed Wednesday, just two days before the deadline for making nominations.The widely expected nominatio...
1 month ago
Spain’s Teresa Ribera gets top job in charge of competition, climate in new Commission
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has chosen Spanish Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera as her second-in-command, tasking her with overseeing a vast portfolio including climate and competition policy. Ribera, a Social...
4 weeks ago
The EU was built on red tape. Now it wants to slash it.
BRUSSELS ― For decades, the European Union loved to regulate. Now, it wants to do the opposite.Where once, the "Brussels Effect" saw the EU set laws and standards the rest of the world couldn't help but follow, soon there will be a European commissioner f...
3 weeks ago