New EU Commission readies for pivotal term

3 min read EU, Hungary, Politics, V4 & Romania, Daniel Freund, European Commission, European Union, Hermann Tertsch, Oliver Varhelyi, Raffaele Fitto, Teresa Ribera, von der Leyen

European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen looks set to push through her new team of commissioners and executive vice-presidents this week, following a contentious process that has exposed political divides in the European Parliament (EP). EC executive vice-presidents and commissioner-designates were selected after weeks of disputes between the