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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10051

8 January 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development
Commissioner-designate Andris Piebalgs says eradicating poverty and millennium goals are priorities

Brussels, 07/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - The current commissioner for energy, Andris Piebalgs, has his sights on the post of development commissioner in the Barroso II Commission and plans to make the EU's role in helping poor countries a priority. He also wants to increase EU aid efficiency. The former finance minister's reply to a written questionnaire given him by MEPs before his major oral hearing at the development committee at the Parliament on Monday 11 January in Brussels (4.30-7.30pm)...

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