Gossip has it Hubner even threatened not to take up her job in the EP.

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Announcing the funding, Danuta Hubner, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, said economic and social development in Northern Ireland was important.

BBC: The money was part of the EU's cohesion policy

Danuta Hubner, the Polish government's representative at the convention, says her country regards the ability to set its own taxes as a necessary tool in its bid to close the economic gap with western Europe.

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From Poland comes news that Danuta Hubner, just finishing her term as EU commissioner for regional development, tried hard to avoid taking up the seat she has just won to the European Parliament, because she wanted to stay on in the commission.

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