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Michel Barnier has already served as an EU commissioner (Photo: European Commission)

French EU commissioner may get internal market portfolio

France is expecting to get the internal market and financial services portfolio in the next European Commission following its support for a Briton winning the post of EU foreign policy chief.

French daily Le Monde writes that Michel Barnier, a former farm minister who has already served as a EU commissioner, will also be a vice-president of the institution.

The internal market dossier has never been held by a French national but Paris recently made it clear it would like to be in ...

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Michel Barnier has already served as an EU commissioner (Photo: European Commission)

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