18 minutes agoAppropriations for Commissioners in the European Parliament begin tomorrow, Borell's successor appears before the EP on November 12th
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(2 years ago)The candidate's hearings for commissioners will begin tomorrow in the European Parliament to assess whether they are qualified to be members of the new European Commission and the 26 candidates will be heard before the European Parliament commissions by November 12th, RTV reports. EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta [...]
The candidate for Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos's hearing from Slovenia will be held November 7th before the EP's Foreign Affairs Commission, while on November 12th it will be Kaya Kallas, who was appointed EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, who will be heard before the same commission.
Each candidate's hearing will last three hours and initially they will have opening speeches of 15 minutes, after which MPs will ask questions, the European Parliament reports.
Each hearing will be followed by a meeting where commission heads and representatives of groups (coordinators) will assess the work of candidates who have just heard.
After completing the evaluation process, the Committee Speakers' Conference will assess the outcome of all hearing sessions and will submit its recommendation to the Chairmans' Conference. /Express/
