Record number of women in European Commission

EUObSERVER / BRUSSELS - The team making up the European Commission for the next five years will contain a record number of women commissioners.

Of the in total 25 commissioners, eight of them (or one-third) will be women.

Incoming president José Manuel Durão Barroso, who set having eight women commissioners as a goal, welcomed the development.

In a statement he said he was "particularly pleased" that his goal has been met.

"The nominations result from excellent coopera...