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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8641

10 February 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/commission/enlargement
Council and EP receive list on Monday of ten new designated Commissioners who have President Prodi's "full approval" - "New Commissioners will strengthen College" - All are ministers or former ministers (or former Secretaries of State)

Brussels, 09/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, Commission President Romano Prodi forwarded to the Council and to the European Parliament the complete list of ten candidates designated by the governments of acceding countries to become European Commissioners from 1 May this year. The last name, that of Cypriot contender Markos Kyprianou, was not added to the list until the weekend (EUROPE of 7 February, p.3).

"The ten candidates have the full approval of President Prodi who is 'confident'...

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