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Wed 02 Feb 2010EU Commission moves step closer to taking office
JOSÉ MANUEL Barroso’s incoming European Commission moves a step closer to taking up its mandate when Bulgaria’s new candidate for the EU executive goes before a confirmation hearing in Brussels today at the European Parliament.
Kristalina Georgieva’s nomination to the international co-operation, humanitarian aid and crisis response portfolio followed the withdrawal last month of Bulgaria’s former foreign minister, Rumiana Jeleva.
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