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European Parliament committee blocks Trócsányi as commissioner

On 30 September 2019 the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee confirmed, by 12 votes to 9, that Hungary's commissioner nominee László Trócsányi had a conflict of interest linked to his former law firm, blocking his hearing.

László Trócsányi (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 30 September 2019 the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee confirmed, by 12 votes to 9, that Hungary's commissioner nominee László Trócsányi had a conflict of interest linked to his former law firm, blocking his hearing. The committee had first examined him on 26 September; Hungary then nominated Olivér Várhelyi.

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  • László Trócsányi

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    European Parliament committee blocks Trócsányi as commissioner. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.24.hu — source24.hu · verified
  2. 2.portfolio.hu — sourceportfolio.hu · verified
  3. 3.english.atlatszo.huchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: trocsanyi+conflict of interest · verified

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Factrail. (2026). European Parliament committee blocks Trócsányi as commissioner. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/trocsanyi-commissioner-nominee-rejected-2019-09-30

https://factrail.ai/facts/trocsanyi-commissioner-nominee-rejected-2019-09-30

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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