Maltese Foreign Minister Tonio Borg has been nominated for the post, Reuters news agency reports.

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Following the vote, EU officials said that EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg would "consider the next step".

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The former foreign minister of Malta, Tonio Borg, has been approved as the new EU Health Commissioner.

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Last year, Tonio was arrested, on suspicion that he worked for La Familia.

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Mr Heath, who represents the Somerton and Frome constituency said there had been a "very useful dialogue" with the European Union Health Commissioner Tonio Borg.

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Simon Coveney, Ireland's agriculture minister, called for the informal session in Brussels, Belgium, inviting the EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg and ministers from other European Union nations.

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Several recent reports indicated that the new EU health commissioner, Tonio Borg, might seek a freeze on the approval of new GM crops until at least 2014.

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The second session was initially stopped after Force India's Tonio Liuzzi careered of the track because of aquaplaning caused by the huge volume of water on the circuit.

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