While his selections must still be approved by the European Parliament, the new leadership team of the European Union has been announced by President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso of Portugal. This is the first commission under the new system in which each of the 25 member states have 1 representative (before the last enlargement each of the 5 largest countries had 2). In terms of the posts most likely to be of interest to Americans, Germany's representative received the Industry portfolio, and, as expected, the United Kingdom's Peter Mandelson will be the EU's new Trade Commissioner.
Posted by armand at August 12, 2004 12:58 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politics