EU Parliament approves British Commissioner

"The European Parliament approves the appointment of Sir Julian King as the new EU Commissioner for Great Britain.

"King is nominated by the new British government, succeeding Jonathan Hill, who resigned after the 'brexit' referendum in June. Hill found that he could not remain now the United Kingdom to withdraw its EU membership. His sensitive portfolio (Financial Services) was adopted by the Latvian Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis. King gets new portfolio Security Union."

"The appointment of King is supported by 394 MPs, 161 were against and there were 83 abstentions. Member States should ratify the appointment. Because the UK is still officially an EU member, it must have a representative in the European Commission.\n  \n    \n     \n      \n        1:35\n      \n     'Woman rightly dismissed'\n     \n     \n      \n        1:20\n      \n     Taxi ride through Amsterdam: 485 euro\n     \n     \n      \n        0:55\n      \n     As lying 'Zaandam' journalist Turkey"