Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans has been put forward by the Netherlands as the Dutch candidate for a European Commission post, a newspaper reported on Monday. The Netherlands is seeking the post of deputy commission head, under incoming European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, with a "hefty portfolio", Dutch daily de Volkskrant said, citing unnamed sources in Brussels. Timmermans gained international prominence with a speech at the United Nations following the July 17 shooting down over Ukraine of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which had 196 Dutch nationals on board.
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