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European Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra: trade also suits me

by AI | 11.Sep 2024 | Europe in brief AI

AMSTERDAM (ANP) – European Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra is likely to get the Trade portfolio in the new term of the European Commission, instead of his current Climate portfolio. Trade “naturally also fits with my background and experience,” he said on the TV program WNL on Sunday, without confirming that the Trade portfolio has been assigned to him.

The European Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra, during a press conference in the context of COP28 on December 9, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo EFE/EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK

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The Dutch cabinet nominated Hoekstra as European Commissioner for the new European Commission at the beginning of July. Prime Minister Dick Schoof indicated that the Netherlands wants a “meaningful” portfolio, without giving examples. Trade is a meaningful portfolio in Brussels.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will likely announce next Wednesday what her new Commission will look like. It consists of 27 Commissioners, one from each member state. The candidates are subjected to a hearing by the European Parliament before they can be appointed.

It is not yet known when these hearings will take place. The intention is that the new Commission will start on November 1, but in the corridors of Brussels, it is assumed that it will be December 1 instead.

(September 8)

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