In an interview with the EUobserver, Latvia's future commissioner Sandra Kalniete, has said she is "surprised" with the decision taken by the European Commission to assign her the area of agriculture, as she was aspiring to a different brief.
Ms Kalniete said that she would have preferred the area of external relations, particularly enlargement.
"For me the decision was a surprise. As a career diplomat I would have preferred external relations, and I was particularly hoping to wor...
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