The Commission candidate of the European Union’s smallest country is stepping up to the plate. In the lead-up to his hearing, Malta’s Glenn Micallef captured attention for all the wrong reasons: He’s young (35); he’s a man (and his country didn’t pitch a second female candidate to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen); and … Read more
The only faction pushing for a mid-October start date was the center-right European People’s Party (EPP), home of Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. However, the EPP was unable to gather enough support as lawmakers wanted to ensure they had enough time to scrutinize the commissioners-designate before the hearings. The CoP also agreed to limit … Read more
Bernd Lange, the German MEP who heads the Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC), “will summarize” Tuesday’s discussion “and bring both proposals to CoP, highlighting a clear majority in CCC for November,” said two parliamentary officials with knowledge of the process, granted anonymity to speak freely. The only faction pushing for a mid-October start date is … Read more
Kos might also find it tough to answer questions about her professional past, including recent allegations of a link to the former Yugoslavia’s secret police more than three decades ago. More recently, Kos was Slovenia’s ambassador to Germany and Switzerland between 2013 and 2020 and resigned in the wake of complaints by employees at the … Read more
