Former Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek has resigned as her country’s nominee for the next European Commission.<br /><br />Her decision comes after a committee of MEPs said she was not up to the job.<br /><br />The move means the new commission might take office later than planned.<br /><br />It had been set to start work on November 1.<br /><br />Slovenia will have to put forward a new name and a new hearing will be needed.<br /><br />Bratusek had come under fire for essentially nominating herself whilst still in office.<br /><br />She put herself on Slovenia’s shortlist of candidates at a time when Commission President-Elect Jean Claude Juncker was seeking more female nominees.<br /><br />EU law says the European Parliament can only reject the commission as a whole.<br /><br />It is set to vote on Juncker’s lineup on October 22.
