Austria plans to keep Hahn on as its European commissioner

Austrian Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein plans to nominate the current European commissioner in charge of enlargement, Johannes Hahn, as the country's membership of the new commission that will be headed by Ursula von der Leyen, Bierlein said on Thursday.

Bierlein, who heads a transitional government in place until a new government is formed after a parliamentary election scheduled for Sept. 29, said in a statement she had reached the decision after consulting parties in parliament and pending the approval of the main committee in parliament.