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VdL To Announce New Commissioner, Portfolio Changes 1000CET

EU COMMISSION

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to announce the changes to her College of Commissioners at 1000CET (0900BST, 0400ET).

  • Irish nominations for the position vacated by Phil Hogan are Mairead McGuinness MEP from the centre-right Fine Gael party of former Irish Taoiseach (PM) Leo Varadkar and former civil servant Andrew McDowell.
  • No guarantee the Irish commissioner will keep the coveted trade portfolio, with the FT reporting yesterday that Latvian Exec VP for an Economy that Works for People Valdis Dombrovskis is in line to gain the position.
  • Link: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/1?lg=OR

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