Kamall: ECR weighs up positives and pitfalls in new European Commission

24 October 2014

Explaining why the European Conservatives and Reformists Group abstained in today’s vote on the new European Commission, ECR Chairman Syed Kamall said that the structure of the new commission was positive and he liked many of the priorities that it has been set, but that there are some new Commissioners that have been below par.

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