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25. Aug. 2023 · August 25, 2023 5:46 pm CET. By Zia Weise. Wopke Hoekstra’s bid to run Europe’s climate policy is running into resistance. The Dutch choice to replace Frans Timmermans as commissioner is set to face a difficult grilling in the European Parliament, where key lawmakers greeted his nomination with skepticism on Friday.
25. Aug. 2023 · Dutch foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra has been nominated as an EU commissioner, replacing Frans Timmermans who left to run for prime minister of the Netherlands. Outgoing prime minister Mark Rutte ...
1. Sept. 2023 · Wopke Hoekstra has submitted his resignation as Minister of Foreign Affairs to King Willem-Alexander. The Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Liesje Schreinemacher, will assume his duties until a successor takes office. As Commissioner-designate for Climate Action, Mr Hoekstra will prepare with the support of a small team of ...
Legal studies; 2006, MBA. Held commercial positions at Shell, Berlin, Hamburg and Rotterdam. 2006, began working for consultancy firm McKinsey & Company. From 2011, Member of the Senate of the States General; Deputy Leader of the Christian Democratic Alliance (CDA) in the Senate and Member of the Senate committees for Finance, Security and Justice, Social Affairs and Employment, and Foreign ...
19. Apr. 2020 · Depending on whom you ask, Wopke Hoekstra is either the blunt embodiment of Northern fiscal prudence or the callous face of European shortsightedness with its foot on the South’s neck. Either way, as pressure mounts for greater solidarity among European Union countries, the Dutch finance minister has emerged as the man with his finger in the dike, holding back the tide.
29. Sept. 2023 · Mr Hoekstra, Commissioner-designate for Climate Action, will be questioned by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety to assess his skills, experience and suitability to become Commissioner, replacing Frans Timmermans, who resigned on 22 August, following his decision to run as a candidate in the forthcoming general election campaign in the Netherlands.
5. Okt. 2023 · Das Europaparlament in Straßburg hat der Berufung des Niederländers Wopke Hoekstra als neuer EU-Klimakommissar zugestimmt.
