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Tue 02 Feb 2010MEPs to endorse new commission after long delay
THE INCOMING European Commission is poised to receive the endorsement of the European Parliament in a vote here today, ending a months-long hiatus in the EU’s prime policy-making body.
The new commission, whose Irish member is former Fianna Fáil minister Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, has set the battle to consolidate Europe’s nascent economic recovery as its top priority. It comes to office at a time of concern over the fiscal crisis in Greece.
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