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23 August 2019 "The hearings of the European commissioners are held first, in order to be able to respect the date set by the Treaties on the first of November" for the establishment of the new European Commission, "but I cannot speculate on what they do or they are not national governments ".

Thus the European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva, during the usual briefing, answers a question from the press about the possibility of Italy requesting a postponement of 26 August by which to indicate the candidate Commissioner in Brussels.

President-elect Ursula von der Leyen, he added, "has already met informally with some of the commissioners."