Following the announcement of the agreement between the EPP, S&D and Renew Europe groups on the formation of the ‘von der Leyen II’ Commission (see EUROPE B13528A1), the relevant parliamentary committees of the European Parliament validated the nominations of the six Executive Vice-Presidents-designate and the European Commissioner-designate, Hungarian Olivér Várhelyi, early in the evening of Wednesday 20 November.
With regard to the Vice-President-designate for Economic Transition,...