Hungary’s Várhelyi to face 2nd round of written questions – POLITICO

Olivér Várhelyi, the Hungarian commissioner-designate for health and animal welfare, failed to win an immediate stamp of approval from members of the European Parliament on Wednesday evening.

Coordinators for the responsible committees decided instead to ask him a second round of written questions following a three-and-a-half hour grilling, during which Várhelyi fended off questions on women's rights, competitiveness, animal welfare and his links to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

"We note that the answers given by Mr. Várhelyi did not meet Renew Europe’s expectations and so we conclude that we cannot support his nomination at this stage," Renew said in a press release following the meeting.