Tibor Navracsics was officially nominated to be Hungary’s next European commissioner on Wednesday evening (30 July).
The nomination was no surprise, and, in sending his foreign minister, former head of his private office and one of his oldest and closest political allies, Viktor Orbán is putting forward a member of the small category of heavyweight Hungarian politicians. Orbán is also, in passing, showing more interest in the European Union than this very domestically minded prime minister is prone to.
Theoretically, Navracsics will now become a European technocrat whose life in Hungarian politics will not play into his decision-making. That is conceivable – …read more
Source: European Voice
