The European Parliament will today (16 October) clear the way for a revised line-up of European commissioners to be approved next week in Strasbourg so that they can take up office on 1 November as initially planned.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the president-elect of the European Commission, yesterday submitted a limited re-shuffle of his line-up to the EU’s Council of Ministers, which waved it through. A revision was forced upon Juncker when Alenka Bratušek, Slovenia’s nominee, withdrew last Thursday (9 October) after MEPs had voted against her.
The nomination of Violeta Bulc as Slovenia’s replacement member of the college now appears uncontroversial because Juncker …read more
Source: European Voice
