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Mr Orban's multilingualism portfolio has been criticised for being too slight (Photo: European Commission)

European Parliament approves new EU commissioners

by Helena Spongenberg, STRASBOURG,

The European Parliament has with an overwhelming majority given its final seal of approval to the EU's two newest commissioners from Bulgaria and Romania in the last official hurdle before they join their 25 colleagues in Brussels in three weeks time.

Meglena Kuneva from Bulgaria received 583 votes (plus 21 against and 28 abstentions) while her Romanian colleague Leonard Orban pulled in 595 votes (plus 16 against and 29 abstentions) on Tuesday (12 December)\n \nSome MEPs did, however, s...

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Mr Orban's multilingualism portfolio has been criticised for being too slight (Photo: European Commission)

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