Sebastian Kurz: EU should halve number of European commissioners

Cutting numbers would make college more efficient, he said.

The EU should get rid of 14 of its 28 European commissioners to save money, Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said.

The foreign minister said commissioners should be appointed on a rotational system among member countries, rather then the current system where every state gets a representative, Reuters reported Wednesday.

He also called on the EU to strengthen its common foreign and security policy and secure its external borders.

“The European Union is too weak at major issues and too dominant in minor segments,” Kurz said.