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Belgian socialists and liberals scrap over EU post
By EUobserver
Belgian socialists have put forward former deputy prime minister Laurette Onkelinx as a candidate to be the country's next EU commissioner. The move follows a bid by Belgium's foreign and defence minister, Didier Reynders, from the liberal MR party, to take up the post. The MR has already secured a place for Charles Michel, its Belgian prime minister, to become the next EU Council president after Donald Tusk.