ENERGY AND CLIMATE JOINED IN ONE PORTFOLIO IN JUNCKER COMMISSION
October 1st, 2014
THE INCOMING president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has united the Commission’s portfolios of energy and climate action, nominating Spain’s Miguel Arias Cañete as energy and climate commissioner. If confirmed by the European Parliament, he will serve for the next five years.The idea was uniting two linked policies with important EU internal initiatives and international commitments, a European Commission official close to Juncker said. “From now on we will have only one commissioner to harmonise what we need to do inside and outside,” ...
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