The row emerged during the three-hour hearing in the European Parliament for former Czech Trade Minister Jozef Síkela who has been nominated to replace Finland's Jutta Urpilainen as Commissioner for International Partnerships...
Among the surprise appointments was Czech trade and industry minister Jozef Síkela who had been tipped for the energy file being appointed to replace Finnish Social Democrat Jutta Urpilainen as Commissioner for International Partnerships...
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The EU's chief negotiator Jutta Urpilainen says the post-Cotonou treaty which must be ratified before the end of November marks a 'turning point'...
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Even though the strategy is still valid Covid-19 has changed a lot ' says Jutta Urpilainen the EU's Commissioner for International Partnerships...
Complicating matters further is the fact that DG Devco falls under the remit of International Partnerships Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen...
The change of rhetoric is meant to be significant – the von der Leyen executive scrapped the post of Development Commissioner making Finland's Jutta Urpilainen Commissioner for International Partnerships – but the Commission paper is currently little more than a road-map containing little substance on policy (AC Vol 60 No 19 New names same games)...
After failing to reach a consensus on the structure of future relations on 17 February Jutta Urpilainen the EU International Partnerships Commissioner and Robert Dussey Togo's Minister of Foreign Affairs and chief negotiator for the ACP confirmed that the Cotonou pact would be extended to the end of 2020...
The only significant change is the replacement of the Development Commissioner Neven Mimica with a Commissioner for International Partnerships Finland's Jutta Urpilainen and it is unclear whether this will mark a substantive change or is purely rhetorical...