Mr Hoekstra, Commissioner-designate for Climate Action, will be questioned by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety to assess his skills, experience and suitability to become Commissioner, replacing Frans Timmermans, who resigned on 22 August, following his decision to run as a candidate in the forthcoming general election campaign in the Netherlands.

The committees on Industry, Research and Energy, on Foreign Affairs and on Development will participate in his hearing.

The hearing will take place from 18.30 to 21.30 in the European Parliament in Strasbourg in meeting room WEISS 1.4.

You can watch the hearing live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS+.

A press point by the committee chair Mr. Pascal Canfin (Renew, FR) is scheduled to take place after the hearing, next to the meeting room (tbc).

For further general information on the hearing and official documents, please see here.

Written questions and answers

Mr Hoekstra’s answers to the written…