Tusk names Poland’s candidate for commissioner at European Commission

2024-08-13 15:13 update: 2024-08-16, 22:06
Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak
Photo: PAP/Paweł Supernak
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that Piotr Serafin, currently holding the position of Acting Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union, will be Poland's candidate for Commissioner in the European Commission (EC).

Tusk made the announcement after Tuesday’s cabinet meeting. It was added that his recommendation for the post was made by the Minister for European Union Affairs Adam Szlapka, and "unanimously" and "enthusiastically" accepted by the entire government.

EC chief Ursula von der Leyen expects member states to submit their candidates by the end of August. It’s her, who will decide on the distribution of posts. The candidates will then have to win the approval of MEPs at hearings in the European Parliament. The EC in its new composition will finally be approved by the chamber through a vote.

From 2014 to 2019, Serafin was the head of Tusk’s office, while Tusk was the president of the EC.

Prior to that, from 2012 to 2014, he held the position of secretary of state for European affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (PAP)

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