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Viktor Orbán has selected Olivér Várhelyi as Hungary’s nominee for European Commissioner, despite Várhelyi’s controversial track record in his five years in Brussels. The premier announced the news on Monday after what he described as a “recent consultation” with Ursula von der Leyen, who earlier this month was re-elected as president of the European Commission with a larger-than-expected majority. As her next step, von der Leyen has to set up her new College of Commissioners, made up of the nominees sent by each member state. The president has the sole prerogative to assign policy portfolios …