The European Union must lead the fight against climate change, build ties with t...
BRUSSELS - The European Union must lead the fight against climate change, build ties with the United States and Africa and face up to a more assertive China, the incoming chief of the EU executive said on Tuesday.
Her “college” of commissioners will take office on Nov. 1, assuming they secure approval from the European Parliament - not a given after it only narrowly backed the German in July. Juncker dubbed his team the “political” commission. Von der Leyen said hers would be “geopolitical”, implying that the EU should play a greater role in world affairs.Announcing the key roles in her line-up, she said Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager would remain in charge of competition policy and Irishman Phil Hogan would take on trade.
“We will take bold action against climate change, build our partnership with the United States, define our relations with a more self-assertive China and be a reliable neighbor, for example to Africa,” she said. Holding the influential competition portfolio for the past five years, Vestager has fought monopolies and imposed hefty fines on tech giants Apple and Alphabet unit Google.
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