EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES CANETE AS CLIMATE AND ENERGY COMMISSIONER, REJECTS ENERGY VICE-PRESIDENT
October 1st, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Parliament on Wednesday (8 October) voted to accept the Spanish commissioner-designate Miguel Arias Cañete for the climate and energy portfolio after a week of uncertainty. However, it rejected the former Slovenian prime-minister Alenka Bratušek as vice-president for the energy union in the new European Commission due to take office on November 1. The Slovene government has promised to nominate a replacement by October 11 – a favourite is Socialist MEP Tanja Fajon - although it was not certain as the Petroleum Review went to press that she would ...
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