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| France proposes central banker Goulard as EU Commission candidate – Macron’s office | France proposes central banker Goulard as EU Commission candidate – Macron’s office |
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| France has proposed Sylvie Goulard, the deputy governor of the Bank of France and a former European lawmaker, as its candidate for EU commissioner, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said on Wednesday. | France has proposed Sylvie Goulard, the deputy governor of the Bank of France and a former European lawmaker, as its candidate for EU commissioner, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said on Wednesday. |
| Goulard was a member of a French Foreign Ministry legal team that worked on German reunification in 1989. Macron picked Goulard, 54, to be the defense minister after his 2017 election victory. She resigned barely a month into the job after an investigation was opened into the way her political party, MoDem, hired parliamentary assistants in the European Parliament, Reuters said. | |
| European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen is expected to name a new college of commissioners by November 1. | |
| A French official said on July 17 France was eyeing a “strong economic portfolio” in the new Commission, such as trade or one overseeing climate and energy policy. | A French official said on July 17 France was eyeing a “strong economic portfolio” in the new Commission, such as trade or one overseeing climate and energy policy. |