'Last British commissioner' pledges to work for Europe

By Alastair Macdonald STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The diplomat nominated to take Britain's vacant seat on the EU executive pledged on Monday to serve "only the European general interest" if EU lawmakers accept him as, probably, the last ever British commissioner. Julian King conceded he was in a "particular situation" that he "would probably not have believed" before the June 23 Brexit referendum when Britons voted to quit the European Union. ...