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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13487

21 September 2024
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 21
PRESENTATION OF THE ‘VON DER LEYEN II’ COMMISSION / Health
Hungary’s Olivér Várhelyi must win over European Parliament to become next Commissioner for Health
Brussels, 20/09/2024 (Agence Europe)

The current European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Hungarian diplomat Olivér Várhelyi, could, if he passes the test of hearings before the relevant committees of the European Parliament, take on the portfolio of Animal Health and Welfare in the new European Commission (see EUROPE B13484A1). He will be expected to draft a ‘Critical Medicines Act’. 

His appointment is far from a foregone conclusion, so much has he been criticised for breaking with the Commission’s...

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