Can Borg cling on to EU health amid Kazakh Maltese crossfire?
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Next week's grilling of the proposed new EU health commissioner, Tonio Borg, at the European Parliament is set to be something of a fiery affair following allegations of links between Mr Borg and Rakhat Aliev, a former vice-foreign minister of Kazakhstan who is suspected of involvement in human rights abuses.
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