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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...
...Frans Timmermans, the EU’s climate commissioner, is returning to Dutch politics to run for prime minister....
...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....
...His liberal VVD party is polling second, just behind the alliance led by Timmermans. The VVD is moving rightward under its new leader Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius....
...Timmermans is seen as a potential candidate to lead the Netherlands if he can win enough support in the elections that are likely to take place in November....
...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....
...Meanwhile, Frans Timmermans’ attempt to lead a combined Labour and Green party into government is struggling....
...He was up against Frans Timmermans, the socialist standard bearer who returned from Brussels in a vain attempt to stop his homeland’s rightward tilt....
...The Socialists in parliament have demanded that Timmermans’ climate portfolio remain in their hands....
...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....
...Timmermans wants to head the joint campaign by the Labour and Green parties in that vote. But what becomes of the EU’s Green Deal that Timmermans championed if he leaves?...
...Timmermans might be a game-changer. He can mobilise people,” Repasi said....
...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”....
...The NSC is polling at 18.3 per cent, closely followed by the VVD on 17.5 per cent and Timmermans’ alliance on 15.8 per cent. The Freedom party is in fourth place at 12 per cent....
...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....
...An alternative to Wilders could be a Labour/Green-led cabinet with Frans Timmermans, the EU’s former climate chief, as premier....
...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....
...Context: Hoekstra was nominated by the Netherlands to replace Frans Timmermans, who left Brussels to run for prime minister....
...Another disappointment was standing aside to let Dutch politician Frans Timmermans lead the socialist group ticket to be European Commission president in the 2019 EU elections....
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