Govt to discuss new candidate for European commissioner

Ljubljana, 9 September - The government will discuss a new Slovenian candidate for European commissioner on Monday after Tomaž Vesel withdrew his candidacy on Friday. As European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is striving for a gender-balanced Commission, the government is expected to put forward a woman.

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