The European Commission has put forward nominations for the EU’s new agriculture and health commissioners.

Lithuanian Health Minister Vytenis Andriukaitis has been lined up to become the EU’s new health and food safety commissioner.

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Ireland Environment Minister Phil Hogan has been nominated as the new agriculture commissioner. 

Assuming the nominations are confirmed by the European Parliament, the men should start their new jobs on 1 November.

One novel aspect of the new team under the incoming Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker is that there will be six influential vice presidents, who are also commissioners, charged with co-ordinating the work of commissioners in broad policy areas.

For the food sector, the key vice president is Estonia’s Andrus Ansip who has a brief to promote cross-border intra-EU trade within Europe’s single market.

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