Brussels leadership team faces grilling

Previews and reports of the European Parliament Hearings, Brussels, 11-19 January 2010 of the new European Commissioners for the period 2009 - 2014.

NRC Handelsblad, 22.1.10: European Parliament should flex its muscles http://www.nrc.nl/international/opinion/article2465640.ece/European_parliament_should_flex_its_muscles

Spiegel Online International, 20.1.10: 'Not Even the EU Could Tolerate Such Incompetence' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,672961,00.html

PressEurop, 11.1.10: Future commissioners sit the orals http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/166731-future-commissioners-sit-orals

ESO: Background information: MEPs set to flex muscles over Brussels posts http://www.europeansources.info/record/meps-set-to-flex-muscles-over-brussels-posts/

European Parliament: Your MEPs: Hearings http://www.europarl.europa.eu/hearings/default.htm?language=EN&timeline=3

Spiegel Online International, 14.1.10: European Parliament Grills Commission Nominees http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,671970,00.html

Deutsche Welle, 21.1.10: Smooth sailing for vetted EU Commission nominees http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5153488,00.html

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