'No decision' on climate change portfolio

President Barroso told Green MEPs on 9 September that no decision had been made on whether DG Environment’s climate policy portfolio would be transferred to a new European Commission department on energy. He was responding to rumours that the promised new DG Energy would be responsible for climate policy under the direction of a new Commissioner for Climate and Energy. Denmark is in the running for the prestigious new post, with Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard being one of the favourites for the new post.