Watch 40% of Commission will be ladies, but still ‘paintings to do’ – Germany Germany 40 News

(ANSA-AFP) – STRASBOURG, SEP 17 – The new European Commission
group will come with 11 ladies — a 40-p.c percentage of the posts —
even though there may be still “work to do”, EU leader Ursula von der
(*40*) mentioned Tuesday. Despite her bid for gender parity, von der
(*40*) mentioned member states put ahead best 22 p.c ladies
applicants. “This was completely unacceptable,” she instructed
newshounds, even though the stability progressed after she put force
for extra ladies. “There is still so much more work to do,” she
added.

   
Lithuania’s Andrius Kubilius used to be tapped Tuesday for a brand new
defence commissioner position within the European Commission, billed as
central to the EU’s ambitions to rearm confronted with the danger
from Russia. As commissioner for defence and house, the previous
Lithuanian high minister “will paintings on growing the European
defence union and boosting our funding in commercial
capability,” EU leader Ursula von der (*40*) instructed newshounds on the
European Parliament in Strasbourg. Faced with Russia’s warfare on
Ukraine, von der (*40*) promised to identify a chosen defence
commissioner as a key phase of her new most sensible group. (ANSA-AFP).

   

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