Decision on what EU commissioner job Michael McGrath will get expected in second week of September
Decision on what EU commissioner job Michael McGrath will get is expected in second week of September
Ireland has said it is interested in a finance-related role for Mr McGrath, who stepped down as minister for finance earlier this year to take on the EU job. Speaking in Brussels on Thursday, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said Mr McGrath had been a “high calibre” nominee to put forward as Ireland’s next commissioner.
The details of the Coalition agreement, that Fianna Fáil would pick who to nominate for the EU role this time around, would have been flagged with Ms von der Leyen, he said. The Coalition had agreed Ireland would put forward a “senior” politician for the position, he said. “Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar would have said it to me as well that whoever is nominated has to be high calibre,” he said.
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