Sentence examples for outgoing commission from inspiring English sources

Two years on, the outgoing commission vice-president Joaquín Almunia revealed he had launched a probe into exactly the matter Barclay had raised.

The outgoing commission also sent formal notice of a court case over continued finch-trapping by Malta, the home of the EU's new environment commissioner Karmenu Vella.

In Brussels, Romano Prodi, the outgoing commission president, said he and his team were prepared to carry on in a caretaker capacity if an emergency arose.

But the investigation, ordered by the outgoing commission chairman, Paul L. Gioia, cleared Ms. Pooler of unlawfully soliciting campaign contributions from commission employees or registered lobbyists for utilities.

With opposition growing in France and Germany to Turkey's candidacy, Romano Prodi, the outgoing commission president, spoke of the need to allay public fears that membership would radically alter the EU and flood it with immigrant labour.

And on October 23rd the outgoing Commission president, José Manuel Barroso, found out just how wrong it was.In an act of studied contempt, Mr Renzi's government published online the Commission's "strictly confidential" letter demanding an explanation for Italy's draft 2015 budget.

FOR lame ducks who formally resigned in March, some members of the outgoing European Commission have recently been surprisingly active.

Connie Hedegaard, the outgoing European commission climate chief, also at the summit, said: "Some businesses are really doing a lot and I applaud them as much as I can.

In a speech in London on October 20th José Manuel Barroso, the outgoing European Commission president, warned that Brussels would never accept an "arbitrary cap" because this would undermine freedom of movement and the equal status of EU citizens.

He keeps more than half an eye on the Whitehall scene, noting with some asperity the current row between Cameron and the outgoing European Commission president about free movement of workers.

David Cameron is making a "historic mistake" by adopting a defensive approach towards the EU which risks increasing the chances of a British exit, the outgoing European commission president José Manuel Barroso will warn on Monday.