Borg must make public pledges to win EP support for EU health post
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Tonio Borg, the Maltese politician hoping to take over as EU commissioner for health, may have impressed MEPs at his hearing before the European Parliament earlier this week, but his appointment now appears to hang on whether he is prepared make a series of public commitments, some of them not directly related to the health portfolio.
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