On Friday 25 August, the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, officially proposed Wopke Hoekstra, Minister of Foreign Affairs since January 2022, as a candidate for the post of European Commissioner for the Netherlands, following the resignation of Frans Timmermans from his post as Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the ‘European Green Deal’ to stand in the parliamentary elections (see EUROPE B13235A24).
Wopke Hoekstra was also previously leader of the Christian...