As a concession to Ireland before that country\u2019s referendums on the Lisbon Treaty, each member nation was allowed one member in the Commission. Joe Borg, once the foreign minister who led Malta\u2019s joining the European Union in 2004, was nominated Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs after that accession.<\/p>\n
Mr Borg was on the Maltese prime minister Lawrence Gonzi\u2019s shortlist for re-nomination, according to the European Voice, but Mr Gonzi\u2019s final pick was John Dalli, presently minister of social policy and earlier holder of the foreign affairs portfolio.<\/p>\n
Twenty-six of 27 member states have now nominated candidates for the next Commission, with only the Netherlands remaining to do so. The new Fisheries Commissioner will have a new partner at the Council meetings, as well, since Denmark announced that its next member of the Commission will be Connie Hedegaard, replacing the current Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel.<\/p>\n
Ms Hedegaard, her country\u2019s minister for the climate and energy, and the minister in charge of next months climate meeting in Copenhagen, is widely expected become the Union\u2019s first Commissioner for climate change.<\/p>\n
Commission President Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso will announce his nominations, portfolio by portfolio, this week. After hearings with the individual nominees early next year, the European Parliament is scheduled to vote on the next Commission on 20 January, its members finally taking office on 1 February.<\/p>\n
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