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Over half of the EU’s 27 member states have now declared who they want to send to be European Commissioner – but we don’t yet know which positions they’ll hold. Countries can express a preference among policy areas – and, as is traditional, many have said they want their top official in Brussels to be given a major economic portfolio. But lots of them are going to end up disappointed. President Ursula von der Leyen has a huge amount of power to carve up policy issues and award them to her team. Many of the positions she allocates will be given fancy titles, like Executive Vice-President – or e…

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