Commissioner-designate Boel comes under fire

THE European Parliament’s socialists have voiced grave doubts about the suitability of Commissioner-designate Mariann Fischer Boel to head the EU’s agriculture portfolio.

Speaking after the Dane’s three-hour grilling by MEPs last week, the centre-left MEPs said they were concerned at Fischer Boel’s liberal approach to farming policy, lack of vision; and laissez-faire approach to agriculture policy.

They also accused her of being unwilling to provide straight answers on major policy areas.