Interesting link of today - Roland Koch candidate for next German EU Commissioner

The German magazine Stern writes on its website today that they have information that Roland Koch, recently re-elected prime minister of the federal state of Hesse, has been selected as future German EU Commissioner and, thus, successor of the current Commissioner VP Verheugen. There are, however, some conditions - most notably that the German Christian Democrats need a majority in the German parliament and thus the next Commission would have to start work after the German general elections in September this year, not earlier. Let's see...

Article on Stern-website:

"Merkel-Plan:

Koch soll als EU-Kommissar nach Brüssel

Die Planungen der Union für die Zeit nach der Bundestagswahl laufen auf Hochtouren - und Angela Merkel überrascht mit einer Personalie: Nach Informationen des stern soll Hessens Regierungschef Roland Koch nicht Minister werden, sondern als EU-Kommissar nach Brüssel gehen. [...] "