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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 6:34 am
Other national governments, however, do need a commissioner but many seem to be having trouble following Ursula von der Leyen’s request to send her two names — one of each gender — so she can have a team with as many women as men. Poland, already on thin ice with the Commission, clearly couldn’t see that the best route to a decent portfolio was to nominate a woman and instead put forward Krzysztof Szczerski. Italy would be wise not to make the same mistake. So far there are seven women nominated for the next Commission (including the predicted renomination of Mariya Gabriel) and with two new names added this week: Malta’s Helena Dalli, above, and Cyprus’ Stella Kyriakides.
WTF?!
Pyramid scheme: The personal wealth of the four Big Tech firms’ founder CEOs — Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergei Brin and Larry Page (a combined $322 billion) — is greater than that of half of America ($250 billion). h/t Professor Scott Galloway
Wrist watch: Alexander Stubb, special lead the one-time EU top job contender and former Finnish prime minister, won his age group in the Finnish triathlon championships. The next day he crashed his bike and fractured his wrist. He’s coping by going on holiday.
Breaking Brabant: Drug labs blight Dutch landscape (Eline Schaart)
Facebook fails to stop shady political ads (Mark Scott)
WTF?!
Pyramid scheme: The personal wealth of the four Big Tech firms’ founder CEOs — Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergei Brin and Larry Page (a combined $322 billion) — is greater than that of half of America ($250 billion). h/t Professor Scott Galloway
Wrist watch: Alexander Stubb, special lead the one-time EU top job contender and former Finnish prime minister, won his age group in the Finnish triathlon championships. The next day he crashed his bike and fractured his wrist. He’s coping by going on holiday.
Breaking Brabant: Drug labs blight Dutch landscape (Eline Schaart)
Facebook fails to stop shady political ads (Mark Scott)