If there was one hearing likely to end early, it was that of the European Commissioner-designate for Budget, Piotr Serafin. Niclas Herbst (EPP, German), co-chair of the session in his capacity as Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control, was openly delighted on Thursday 7 November.
Poland’s Piotr Serafin quickly won over the room and set the tone for the hearing, during which he showed himself to be at ease and sometimes incisive, twice earning applause after...