Julian King appointed new commissioner for security union

On the 19 September 2016, the Council of the European Union, by common accord with the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, appointed Julian King as the new British commissioner for security union.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Hearing of Commissioner-designate Sir Julian King, 12 September 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/hearing-of-commissioner-designate-sir-julian-king-12-september-2016/

ESO: Background information: President Juncker consults the European Parliament on Sir Julian King as Commissioner for the Security Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/president-juncker-consults-the-european-parliament-on-sir-julian-king-as-commissioner-for-the-security-union/

ESO: Background information: Statement on the Decision of Commissioner Lord Hill to resign from the European Commission and on the transfer of the Financial Services portfolio to Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-on-the-decision-of-commissioner-lord-hill-to-resign-from-the-european-commission-and-on-the-transfer-of-the-financial-services-portfolio-to-vice-president-valdis-dombrovskis-prime-minister/

EurActiv, 12.10.16: EU security tsar pledges more backing in terror fight http://www.euractiv.com/section/all/news/eu-security-czar-pledges-more-backing-in-terror-fight/

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