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The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Spanish Socialist Teresa Ribera gets top EU role steering climate and antitrust policy

Teresa Ribera
Teresa Ribera will be tasked with ensuring Europe remains on track during the green deal to restore biodiversity and mitigate climate breakdown. Photograph: Martin Divíšek/EPA

Spain’s deputy prime minister, the outspoken Socialist Teresa Ribera, will take charge of Europe’s “clean transition” and antitrust enforcement, in a powerful role at the heart of the next European Commission.

Ribera is to become one of six executive vice-presidents in the incoming EU executive led by Ursula von der Leyen, which is expected to start work at the end of the year.

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