There was a time when Frans Timmermans was supposed to be the EU’s Next Big Thing. As Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s declared “right-hand man,” he was going to be the most influential ...
LISBON — European Socialists will need to adapt if they don’t want to “become obsolete,” European Commission First Vice President Frans Timmermans told a party congress in Lisbon on Saturday after ...
European commissioner Frans Timmermans has put himself forward to lead the joint PvdA/GroenLinks campaign for the November general election and has told commission president Ursula von der Leyen that ...
Today closes the COP25 climate summit in Madrid. Frans Timmermans is in charge of the climate brief in the European Union, and has formulated a “Green Deal” to make his the first climate neutral ...
The European Commission vice president and former Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans will lead the Party of European Socialists (PES) in the 2019 European elections. He was the only candidate on ...
EU Commission president will propose Dutch foreign minister as successor for climate czar Timmermans
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Frans Timmermans, the man tasked with spearheading the EU's ambitious climate policies, has resigned from the Commission to return to Dutch politics in the hope of becoming the country's next prime ...
Frans Timmermans confirmed on Wednesday (10 October) that he wants to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission next year, dismissing concerns that he has made too many ...
Frans Timmermans, the European Commission's executive vice-president, has announced his return to Dutch politics after nearly 10 years in Brussels. Timmermans intends to lead a joint list of ...
More than half of all migrants to Europe are motivated by “economic reasons” and are not fleeing war or persecution, the vice-president of the European Commission has said. Dutch politician Frans ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Frans Timmermans, the man who would likely oversee any UK renegotiation of its membership with the EU, laid out ...
Ten years ago Frans Timmermans had the political version of an existential crisis. Having spent nearly his entire career working on the “European project” — including nearly two decades as a diplomat ...
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