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24 July 2009 [14:47] - Today.Az
EU regional policy commissioner Danuta Hubner announced she would on Wednesday (24 June) resign from her post, in order to take up her mandate as a member of the European Parliament.
"I have received during the elections a huge support coming from my fellow citizens and that encourages me now to take up the seat in the European Parliament, so I am resigning from the current post as EU commissioner for regional policy," Ms Hubner told journalists in Brussels on Tuesday, euobserver.com reported.
Danuta Hubner has decided to take up her MEP seat, but is still open for future EU commissioner job (Photo: European Commission)
The 61-year old economist and policy-maker, who won by an overwhelming majority in the Warsaw constituency was required by Polish electoral law to step down by Wednesday from any other position that would be in conflict of interest with the MEP function.
She is to stay on as commissioner temporarily however giving the Polish government, led by Donald Tusk, a chance to appoint a replacement.
Although she ran on the lists of the centre-right Civic Platform led by Mr Tusk, Ms Hubner is not a party member and was initially backed by the centre-left when she was first sent to Brussels as commissioner.
The Tusk government has made no secret of the fact that it would favor other candidates for the job, the front runner being MEP Janusz Lewandowski, formerly a minister in charge of privatization.
Officially, however, she is still in the running for a position in the next commission, along with another MEP, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, head of the influential foreign affairs committee.
Ms Hubner hinted she would accept a commission job in the fall, when the new team is set to be put together, if asked to do so. "I have the knowledge, the experience and the democratic support to work in the European Parliament and in the European Commission. Nothing is excluded," she said.
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