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EU: Slovakia’s Maros Sefcovic announces bid to head European Commission

By  |  September 17, 2018
Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič announced officially on Monday, September 17, his candidacy to be the leading candidate of his social-democrat political group in the campaign for the 2019 European elections.
Šefčovič, a Slovak diplomat who heads up the EU’s Energy Union efforts, made the announcement in the European Parliament yesterday morning.

“I want to be in the lead and energize our collective efforts in the Social Democratic family to push for inspiring solutions for the people of Europe,” said the Slovak politician, who is currently responsible for the energy union, announcing his decision at the European Parliament.

Šefčovič has served as a Slovak diplomat, and as such, he has not shown any political colour. Before relocating to the Brussels bubble, he has served in Zimbabwe, Canada and was ambassador to Israel. From 2004–2009 he was the Slovak Permanent Representative to the EU.

Then Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico put his name forward to be a European Commissioner and he took over the Education, Training, Culture & Youth portfolio from 2009 to 2010.

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