Slovenia’s male commissioner nominee drops out amid von der Leyen’s gender equality push – POLITICO

Slovenia’s male commissioner nominee drops out amid von der Leyen’s gender equality push – POLITICO

Von der Leyen’s team did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The u-turn comes just three days after the Slovenian government stood by its man, refusing to nominate anyone else in his place. On Monday, Romania nominated MEP Roxana Mînzatu as its next European commissioner after the Aug. 31 deadline, after originally putting … Read more

The 24 names we know so far – POLITICO

The 24 names we know so far – POLITICO

The deadline for putting forward names for the next European Commission is the end of August. With that date approaching fast, and now that Ursula von der Leyen is back from her summer holiday in Germany, here are the nominees so far (remember that all of them, except for von der Leyen herself, need to … Read more