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Mr Barroso will formally put his cards on the table on 19 August (Photo: European Commission)

New commission one step closer to being completed

The Danish government on Monday, (2 August) formally nominated Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Mariann Fischer Boel to be the country's next commissioner in Brussels making the new commission almost complete.

The nomination of a woman also means that incoming Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso's aim of having eight women in the new Brussels executive may also be fulfilled.

The Netherlands remains the only country that has not yet formally or informally nom...

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Mr Barroso will formally put his cards on the table on 19 August (Photo: European Commission)

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