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Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian candidate for the Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification portfolio, was questioned by two committees on Thursday afternoon.

Michael McGrath, Irish candidate for the Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law portfolio, was questioned by three parliamentary committees on Tuesday morning.

The Legal Affairs Committee gave its green light for the confirmation hearings for all 26 Commissioners-designate to go ahead.

The Committee on Legal Affairs will start examining potential conflicts of interest of Commissioners-designate.

Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew, BG) will brief journalists on the procedural steps to evaluate Commissioners-designate’ s declarations of financial interests.

All of Parliament’s 20 standing committees and four subcommittees held their constitutive meetings on Tuesday to elect their Chair and Vice-Chairs.

Committee members elected their new Chair and four Vice-Chairs during the constitutive meeting on Tuesday.