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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10060

21 January 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/commission
Barroso expected to hand Humanitarian Aid portfolio to new Bulgarian nominee on Thursday

Brussels, 20/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - European Commission President José Manuel Barroso will meet the new Bulgarian commissioner-designate, Kristalina Georgieva, on Thursday 21 January for an interview which should, in principle, allow him to confirm that Georgieva will, indeed, take on the Humanitarian Aid portfolio initially offered to Rumiana Jeleva, who withdrew her candidacy on 19 January (see EUROPE 10059). Speaking to press in Strasbourg on Wednesday 20 January, Barroso said that he...

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