Alenka Bratušek faced tough questions during her hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels. European Pressphoto Agency The nominee to become the European Union’s energy chief endured three grueling hours on Monday when she was grilled about her abilities and her ethics by lawmakers in Brussels. Alenka Bratušek came under sometimes fierce attack for delivering only broad-brush answers about Europe’s energy and climate-change policies when quizzed by members of the European Parliament, who must back her nomination to become the EU’s first ever Vice-President for Energy Union. “You are a mistress of generalizations,” one MEP berated the former Slovenian Prime Minister. Another accused her of being “bland and unspecific.” Although similar accusations have been leveled at several other would-be commissioners during hearings last week, including Malta’s incoming Fisheries and Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella , they could spell trouble for Ms. Bratušek if those lawmakers decide to oppose […]