The President-elect of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, opened on Monday 26 August, her interviews with candidates for the posts of Commissioners, according to the institution's spokesperson, Mina Andreeva.
The unofficial deadline for Member States to propose a candidate was this Monday, but at the time of writing, the names of the candidates for France and Italy were still unknown.
Although Mrs von der Leyen insisted that gender parity be ensured in the composition of her...