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...