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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9754

4 October 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/commission
Peter Mandelson to leave Commission and become Minister

Brussels, 03/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - European Trade Commissioner Peter Madelson announced his resignation on 3 October, and said that he was returning to the British government to become the new Business Minister in the government reshuffle carried out by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Mandelson has already twice been a minister. London has nominated Baroness Ashton of Upholland, formerly Catherine Margaret Ashton, as his successor. A press release from the European Commission says that...

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