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EU Commissioner designate of Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos gestures during his hearing, on September 30, 2014 in Brussels as the European Commissioners-designate face the European Parliament in hearings to evaluate candidate’s expertise. The men and women picked to run the EU for the next five years are facing a grilling by the European Parliament this week which could claim the scalp of at least one of them. AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS