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Matthew Bevington

Doncaster, Oxford
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Director of Energy & Industrial Policy at Loom | Policy Associate @FutureGovForum | Ex @Global_Counsel @UKandEU @TheEIU

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The politics of choosing the new Irish EU Commissioner

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By Matthew Bevington
| The UK in a Changing Europe
On 8 September, the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, nominated Irish MEP Mairead McGuinness to be the new Commissioner for financial services. The opening came up after the resignation of Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan, following controversy over him breaching Covid-19 guidelines while on a visit to Ireland this summer.
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The EU budget is being sacrificed for the Recovery Fund

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By Matthew Bevington
| El País Verified
EU leaders meet on Friday for a Special European Council – their first in-person meeting since Covid-19 took hold in Europe. This meeting is dedicated solely to two items: first, a proposed Recovery Fund in response to the outbreak; and second, the next EU budget. What will EU leaders be discussing? Since they last spoke in mid-June, via videoconference, the European Council President Charles Michel has been holding bilateral talks with EU leaders in an attempt to find a compromise.
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Expectations of the German presidency of the EU are overblown - UK in a changing Europe

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By Matthew Bevington
| The UK in a Changing Europe
Germany has taken over the presidency of the EU Council – the institution in which member state governments meet – until the end of the year. The presidency, along with its secretariat, drives forward the business of the Council, and representatives of the country holding the presidency chair meetings and broker compromise.
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