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...Following the departure of previous climate commissioner Frans Timmermans, who left the commission to run in the Dutch elections, his portfolio was split between Šefčovič and Hoekstra....
...In a hearing on Tuesday morning, Maroš Šefčovič, the Slovak commissioner nominated to oversee the EU’s Green Deal climate package following the departure of its previous chief Frans Timmermans, failed to...
...In the opposite camp were Frans Timmermans, the EU’s climate commissioner and former Dutch foreign minister, and Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager, the bloc’s competition chief, as well as four other commissioners...
...Timmermans, 62, would take on the insurgent Farmer Citizen Movement, a populist party topping the polls. He has been a staunch supporter of cuts to nitrate and other emissions....
...Timmermans lobbied hard to get a nature restoration plan through the European parliament and has watered down a plan to cut pesticide use by half....
...Timmermans was approved on Tuesday as leader of a combined campaign by his Labour party (PvdA) and the Greens, a recently formed alliance that is narrowly leading in latest polls ahead of general elections...
...Frans Timmermans, a socialist politician who previously served as Dutch foreign minister, said on Tuesday that he would wait for the outcome of a referendum between his Labour party and the Dutch Greens...
...A late surge of support for Wilders prompted a similar rise for Timmermans as leftwing voters turned out to try to thwart a rightwing government....
...Wilders’ Freedom party is projected to win 35 seats, doubling its total, followed by a left-wing alliance led by the EU’s former climate chief Frans Timmermans with 26, and then the Liberal VVD with 23....
...She added that at least four parties would be needed to get a majority. Meanwhile, Frans Timmermans’ attempt to lead a combined Labour and Green party into government is struggling....
...If Wilders fails to form a government with him as prime minister, Timmermans would be second and Yeşilgöz-Zegerius third to try to cobble together a majority....
...The replacement of Green Deal commissioner Frans Timmermans, who is leading a joint Labour/Green ticket, by Wopke Hoekstra of the EPP has stoked ire....
...The Slovak commissioner replaced Frans Timmermans as vice-president of the commission on Tuesday, after the Dutch politician quit to run as a candidate in national elections....
...On the plus side, if Timmermans does get elected as premier, at least it guarantees the Green Deal advocates a vote among the member states....
...Timmermans, a former EU commissioner and Dutch foreign minister, told activists at a rally in Amsterdam that “it is now time to defend democracy and the rule of law”....
...Timmermans might be a game-changer. He can mobilise people,” Repasi said....
...Apart from Omtzigt, those vying to fill it include his successor as VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius and Frans Timmermans, the former European Commission vice-president heading a combined Labour-Green...
...An alternative to Wilders could be a Labour/Green-led cabinet with Frans Timmermans, the EU’s former climate chief, as premier....
...If Wilders fails to form a government, Plasterk could decide to turn to the runner-up, the Labour-Green alliance led by former EU commissioner Frans Timmermans....
...If the NSC refuses to go into a coalition with Wilders, it could join a Labour/Green-led cabinet with Frans Timmermans as premier....
...Von der Leyen, who will need EPP support if she wants a second term next year, left it to Frans Timmermans, the EU’s climate commissioner, to lead the campaign....
...Other candidates mentioned by officials include Danish Premier Mette Frederiksen, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Dutch socialist leader Frans Timmermans and former Italian premier Mario Draghi....
...Hoekstra said he wanted to follow in Timmermans’ footsteps and do his “stinking best”, deploying a Dutch colloquialism. He was “very much looking forward to . . . a dialogue with parliament.”...
...In doing so, he hoped to show his political family were “a team”, Šefčovič says. Timmermans instead became the EU’s climate chief, then left to run in Dutch elections....
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