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Tue 06 Jun 2008Smaller commission a done deal that may not last
Losing a permanent commissioner may be controversial but it has already been signed up to under the Nice Treaty, writes Jamie Smyth.
THE LISBON Treaty proposes to reduce the size of the European Commission so that every EU state can nominate a commissioner for only two out of every three terms from 2014.
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