Ireland's Hogan Named Next EU Trade Commissioner; Italy's Gentiloni to Run Customs
Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sept. 10 named Paul Hogan of Ireland the European Commissioner for trade for her 2019-24 term, a European Union press release said. Hogan, the current commissioner for agriculture, “is known as…
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a hard and a fair negotiator,” von der Leyen said at a press conference introducing the new commission. The commission president-elect also named Paolo Gentiloni of Italy as commissioner for economy, where he will take over a portfolio that includes the EU Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union, according to a document on the EU website. The European Parliament must give its consent to the nominations, after holding a series of hearings within the relevant parliamentary committees, the EU press release said.