PM Rejects S&D "Pressure" on Commission Nomination

Ljubljana, 9 October - Prime Minister Miro Cerar has rejected lobbying by the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament for MEP Tanja Fajon to be made Slovenia's EU commissioner, announcing that the government would exercise the right to put forward a nominee it deems fit.

Milan, Italy
Prime Minister Miro Cerar (right) talks to European Parliament President Martin Schulz on the sidelines of an EU jobs summit.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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