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Top EEC transport post for Briton?

5th January 1973, Page 18
5th January 1973
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from our political correspondent • Although it is extremely unlikely that either of the two British EEC Commissioners will deal with transport, a Briton may well be appointed to a very senior post with responsibility for transport policy in Brussels. Britain has been promised 20 per cent of the European Commission jobs which range from the two Commissioners who have already been appointed — Sir Christopher Soames and Mr George Thomson — to typists and doorkeepers, and it will take months to fill all these posts.

Probably, the two Commissioners will get the portfolios for which they have been pressing: Sir Christopher. external affairs and Mr Thomson, regional policy. If they do, then, under EEC rules, their senior deputies cannot be from the UK. Britain has let it be known tha port is one of the subjects not at although well up the list of her pi Chances are, therefore, that Britain a director-generalship for transpor EEC, appointed some time betwe and the summer.

Whitehall stresses that these appoi are made by the Commission in and that those given the jobs are to consider themselves Europeans not in any way responsible to the ments of their own countries.

In spite of this, having a Britor of the top transport jobs would be to this country if only because hi be more aware of Britain's ti arrangements and complexities.

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Organisations: European Commission
Locations: Brussels

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