Dutch Liberal loses out on committee post for being too pro-EU

EUObserver reported that The Dutch Liberal party nominated a relative EU novice Malik Azmani, to chair the European affairs committee in the lower house of the Dutch parliament in November 2014, abandoning a more experienced candidate Rene Leegte who was said to be too pro-European for the cente-right party.

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The Netherlands: Tweede Kamer: Ahead in Europe – on the role of the Tweede Kamer and national parliaments in the European Union http://www.houseofrepresentatives.nl/news/report-ahead-europe-adopted-house-representatives

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