Type: NEWS   Reference: 90467   Duration: 00:01:14  Lieu: Brussels, Belgium - EC
End production: 29/11/2012   First transmission: 29/11/2012

On 29 November, Tonio Borg, Member of the EC in charge of Health and Consumer Policy, received George Pillicino, Maltese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Resources of Malta. The day before Tonio Borg was appointed by the Council of the EU as new commissioner for Health and Consumer affairs for the remainder of the current term of office of the Commission. Tonio Borg is a Maltese national and has been Deputy Prime Minister of his country since 2004 and minister for foreign affairs since 2008.

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