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Canete - faced a hard time in the hearing. But the EPP is sticking by him (Photo: European Commission)

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'So how will you achieve world peace commissioner?'

by EUobserver, Brussels,

So how will you achieve world peace commissioner *designate*? Yes, the past four days have been all about Brussels’ political beauty pageant.

Over three hours, and 45 questions (often padded out with more-or-less relevant streams of an MEP’s consciousness) the commissioners-to-be have been whinging, flattering, cajoling, monotoning, joking or outright boring their way through their European Parliament hearings.

With most of the commissioner heard, some observations may be drawn....

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Canete - faced a hard time in the hearing. But the EPP is sticking by him (Photo: European Commission)

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