NEW NEW COMMISSIONER
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE NUCLEAR industry is likely to be disappointed with the transfer of Hungary's Lazlo Kovacs away from the energy portfolio in the new European Commission expected to take office this week. (NOTE - NEXT WEEK IN REAL TIME) His removal follows a lacklustre performance at a European Parliament hearing that led MEPs to brand him "incompetent" as a potential energy Commissioner. Following the parliament's refusal to confirm a new Commission that contained Mr Kovacs as energy Commissioner, president-elect José Manuel Barroso has replaced him with ...
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