Nine MEPs have urged European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker to reconsider his promotion of Guenther Oettinger to a sensitive EU portfolio.
The appeal came in a letter on Thursday (5 January), a few days before a European Parliament hearing on Oettinger's new post.
The German EU commissioner is to take over the budget and human resources file, which was vacated by Kristalina Georgieva, who left to...
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Already a member? Login hereEszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.
Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.