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The Agriculture and Rural Development Committee on Tuesday resumed the 1 October hearing of the Polish candidate for the agriculture portfolio, Janusz Wojciechowski.
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A shift to a less-polluting economy requires significant investment. The EU wants to attract more private money as public funds are insufficient.

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The Employment and Social Affairs and the Economic and Monetary Affairs committees questioned Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian candidate for An Economy that Works for People portfolio.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
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The Foreign Affairs Committee questioned Josep Borrell, Spanish candidate for High Representative/Vice-President for foreign affairs and security policy.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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The Constitutional Affairs and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committees questioned Věra Jourová, Czech Vice President-designate for Values and Transparency.
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Tuesday's hearings feature three vice presidents-designate: Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia), Margrethe Vestager (Denmark) and Frans Timmermans (the Netherlands).

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Parliament’s public hearings assessing candidate commissioners enter their second week, while MEPs are also set to discuss Brexit and vote on a resolution on the EU’s 2021-2027 budget.

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European Parliament President Sassoli to meet Macron, Merkel, and Johnson to discuss budget, Brexit, and global challenges.

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Commissioners-designate hearings, plenary and committee meetings, Brussels

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Monday’s hearings feature two vice presidents-designate: Věra Jourová (Czech Republic) and Josep Borrell (Spain). The latter has been proposed as the EU's foreign policy chief.

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The Constitutional Affairs Committee quizzed Croatian Dubravka Šuica, Vice President-designate for Democracy and Demography.
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The Civil Liberties and Culture and Education committees quizzed Margaritis Schinas, Greek Vice President-designate for the Protecting our European way of life portfolio.
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The Committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control questioned the commissioner-designate on future budget policy and protecting the EU’s financial interests.
Committee on Budgets
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The Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and Fisheries Committees questioned Virginijus Sinkevičius, candidate for the Environment and Oceans portfolio.
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Committee on Fisheries

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Under the Paris agreement, the EU has committed to carbon neutrality by the second half of the 21st century. What does it mean in practice?

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The Economic and Monetary Affairs committee questioned Paolo Gentiloni, Italian candidate for the economy portfolio.
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The Industry, Research and Energy Committee questioned Kadri Simson, Estonian Commissioner-designate for Energy.
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The Regional Development Committee questioned Elisa Ferreira, candidate for the Cohesion and Reforms portfolio.
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The Development Committee questioned the Slovene Commission candidate for the crisis management portfolio.
Committee on Development

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