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Jozef Sikela (R), with EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson (R). (Photo: EU2022_CZ)

New Czech commissioner holds the key to the EU's Global Gateway

Having helped lead the EU’s response to the dramatic surge in energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, former Czech trade and industry minister Jozef Síkela might have expected to land the energy file as Prague’s next EU commissioner. 

Instead, the ex-investment banker ...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Jozef Sikela (R), with EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson (R). (Photo: EU2022_CZ)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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