KOVACS APPROVED
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE REVAMPED European Commission of president José Manuel Barroso has been confirmed by the European Parliament, which approved moving Hungary's Lázló Kovács to the tax Commissioner portfolio. He had been proposed as energy Commissioner, but was transferred after MEPs complained about his "incompetence" in this subject. Kovács' confirmation followed a second parliamentary hearing where he defended himself against criticism of his communist past. "I have nothing to hide", he declared, before displaying some expertise in his new brief ...
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