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What was the Yugoslav secret police tied to Slovenia Commission pick?

What would Marta Kos' Yugoslav secret service past imply, and what kind of a role did the socialist republic's spy agency play in Europe's past?

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Von der Leyen moots market-based system to avert ecosystem collapse

The European Commission is considering a market-based system to encourage farmers and industry to conserve nature and restore lost biodiversity by putting a price on ecosystems.

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Slovenia Commission pick Marta Kos rebuts Yugoslav secret police links

The head of the Slovene EPP delegation said choice of Marta Kos was 'unacceptable' due to secret police links, but Kos has rebutted the charges in a statement to Euronews.

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Will Slovenia's political bickering at home delay the new Commission?

Opposition efforts to delay formal adoption of Slovenia's Marta Kos as Commission nominee could impede the timing on the formation of the next EU executive. But the head of the Slovene EPP delegation has told Euronews that she's an unacceptable choice.

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Commissioner pick unacceptable due to secret police links: Slovene EPP

Head of Slovenia's European People’s Party (EPP) delegation told Euronews that the choice of Marta Kos is totally unacceptable to the European People's Party to which she belongs, citing experience and alleged links to the former Yugoslav secret police.

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Political row in Slovenia heats up over PM Golob's Commissioner switch

Ljubljana's last-minute change of Commissioner nominees, which delayed President Ursula von der Leyen's portfolio reveal, ignited a row between PM Robert Golob and the opposition, who he accuses of sabotage.

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EU Commission plans face delay from Slovenia's political whirlwind

The selection of Marta Kos could create a headache for Ursula von der Leyen, highlighting the many different, sometimes controversial ways in which the EU's 27 members make their Brussels pick.

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Will the EU cut its landmark Erasmus+ programme?

The European Commission, European Parliament and the Council are set to start negotiating the 2025 budget in November, but is the Erasmus+ scheme in peril?

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Why did von der Leyen delay announcing her team?

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will announce the list of commissioner nominees during next week's plenary session in Strasbourg.

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Centre-left MEPs fire warning over von der Leyen Commission picks

European socialists are concerned that the next EU executive’s composition may fail to reflect progressive priorities, leaving them sidelined in shaping the EU's social policy.

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Ursula von der Leyen delays presentation of new team of Commissioners

The Commission chief will no longer meet Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to discuss the formation of her new team on Wednesday as expected, parliamentary sources told Euronews.

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Draghi’s report risks colliding with EU political reality

Bruegel expert Guntram Wolff told Euronews that translating the report into EU legislation won't be easy due to political instability in some key EU member states.

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Draghi’s report on EU competitiveness: Five key takeaways

Common debt, China threat, innovation and cars: Euronews summarises 400-plus pages to give you five takeaways from Mario Draghi’s landmark report.

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Slovenia nominates Marta Kos as EU Commissioner amid call for women

The Slovenian government’s first choice, Tomaž Vesel, dropped out of the race on Friday.

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Von der Leyen's big reveal, Newsletter

This week's key events presented by Euronews' editor in chief for EU policy, Jeremy Fleming-Jones.

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Could the EU Parliament reject Italy’s Commission nominee?

It would be "odd" to offer a vice-presidential portfolio to a candidate from the ECR, German Green MEP Daniel Freund tells Euronews of the Italian commission nominee.

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Slovenia’s EU Commissioner pick drops out amid gender parity push

Tomaž Vesel apparently withdrew after Ursula von der Leyen lobbied for gender parity in her future team.

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Commission nominees from Malta and Hungary face 'tough' grilling

German MEP Peter Liese told Euronews he believes the 26 commissioner nominees will not enjoy a walkover when they are grilled by MEPs during their hearings, especially Hungary's and Malta's picks.

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Centre-right will claim most coveted Commission jobs, leak suggests

A document seen by Euronews suggests von der Leyen’s own EPP will dominate key positions in the next EU executive, leaving socialists and liberals with the crumbs.

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Reforming the CAP? How the EU sees the future of its agriculture

Changing the rules on subsidising farmers is at the heart of a 100-page report on the future of agriculture set to feed a vision document due in the first 100 days of the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s second mandate.