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Romania’s Adina-Ioana Vălean Set To Become Next EU Transport Commissioner
The commissioner-designate for transport wavers on the introduction of an EU-wide kerosene tax, doubting its environmental benefits.

Romania’s candidate to become European Commissioner, Adina-Ioana Vălean, received the green light from members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to become Brussels’ next transport chief following a three-hour hearing on Thursday. The 51-year old was approved by the parliament’s transport committee and main political groups, paving the way for her to take on the position of transport commissioner in the Commission led by president-elect Ursula von der Leyen. Vălean is Romania’s second pick for the role, after Bucharest’s first candidate, Rovana Plumb, was blocked by the EP’s affairs committee on conflict of interest concerns.


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