Hoekstra: Kickboxing Dutchman spoiling for EU climate fight

The Hague (AFP) Oct 2, 2023

A keen kickboxer and ice skater, Wopke Hoekstra will need all his guile and fighting qualities to persuade sceptical European MPs that a former Shell employee should be EU climate commissioner. The tall and athletic 48-year-old from the Dutch centre-right CDA party faces a grilling in the European Parliament on Monday after his nomination to replace compatriot Frans Timmermans in the post of