Hoekstra and Šefčovič: EU Parliament accepts new climate commissioners

Woepke Hoekstra becomes new EU Climate Commissioner, and Maroš Šefčovič new Commissioner for the Green Deal. The EU Parliament’s Environment Committee approved their appointments by a majority on Wednesday. Today, Thursday, the final vote in the plenary session of the Parliament on the two appointments will take place at around noon in Strasbourg. As a simple majority is enough there, the approval of the plenum is considered certain. This means the succession to incumbent EU climate chief Frans Timmermans has finally been settled.