FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to take part in a European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium July 2, 2019. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/Pool via REUTERS
BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary is set to propose diplomat Oliver Varhelyi as its member of the EU's executive after the European Parliament blocked the first candidate put forward by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the premier said on Monday.
Varhelyi would replace former justice minister Laszlo Trocsanyi as a candidate for the European Commision. He was rejected earlier on Monday by the EU parliament's legal affairs committee, citing conflicts of interest.
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