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Bolkestein wants second term only under high-quality Commission president

While several members of the Prodi Commission have already left the Brussels executive before its mandate ends in November, the Dutch Commissioner has indicated he is interested in a second term - but only if he is to work under a president that pleases him.

Frits Bolkestein said on Dutch radio over the weekend, according to NRC Handelsblad, that he will make his decision whether or not to run for a new post in the Commission "dependent on the quality of the new Commission president". ...

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