Neven Mimica sailed smoothly through his hearing as commissioner-designate this week before members of the European Parliament's influential development committee — known as DEVE — in Brussels.
Setting out his stall and revealing some details about the European Union's development policy priorities for the next five years, Mimica remains firmly on course to take up the post of European commissioner for international cooperation and development.
All week, members of the European Parliament in Brussels have been vetting prospective commissioners, ahead of a vote on Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's entire new team later this month. If accepted, the new Commission can finally start working on Nov. 1.