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The chairs of the European Parliament's committees are set to meet today to decide on the structure of the hearings of commissioner designates — including possible timetables, common questions for all candidates and the division of competencies among different committees.
Later, if you feel like it, you can perhaps watch the most powerful woman in the world collide with the most powerful particle accelerator in the world for CERN's 70th anniversary.
Also, keep an eye out for our columnist Caroline de Gruyter's new piece coming out later today on how centrist politicians might be the antidote to the far-right lurch we most recently saw in Austria (and of course read managing editor Elena's excellent analysis on the FPÖ's victory).
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