Subscribe here: [ Ссылка ] Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled her nominated team of European Commissioners and the policy areas or "portfolios" she will ask them to steer over the next five years, ending weeks of speculation.
The structure of the second German-led European Commission revolves around three “key priorities”: prosperity, security, and democracy. Looming in the background is the goal of twin green and digital transition. In line with “one of the main recommendations” in the Draghi report, “the whole college is committed to competitiveness,” the EU leader assured.
Von der Leyen had to jump through hoops to ensure a sufficient standard in terms of gender, political background, and geographic balance. In the end, eleven women and sixteen men: von der Leyen claimed credit for improving the balance, raising the share of women from 22 percent to 40 percent.
Below is the list presented by the president of the European Commission, starting with the six executive vice presidents – four women and two men – of whom, von der Leyen specified, “three come from member states that joined the EU before the fall of the Iron Curtain and three from member states that joined after the reunification of Europe.”
The Commission chief has appointed six executive vice-presidents (EVPs) - four women and two men - who will be given greater leverage over the executive’s business and oversee the work of a cluster of Commissioners.
They include Spain's Teresa Ribera, France's Stéphane Séjourné as well as Italy's Raffaele Fitto, despite the European socialists recently warning von der Leyen against handing over a vice-presidency to the hard-right pick of Italy's Giorgia Meloni.
Here's how the Commission chief divvied up her policy portfolios:
VDL's proposed college of European Commissioners
Austria - Magnus Brunner - Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration
Belgium - Hadja Lahbib - Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management
Bulgaria - Ekaterina Zaharieva - Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
Croatia - Dubravka Šuica - Commissioner for the Mediterranean
Cyprus - Costas Kadis - Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans
Czech Republic - Jozef Sikela - Commissioner for the International Partnerships
Denmark - Dan Jørgensen - Commissioner for Energy and Housing
Estonia - Kaja Kallas - Executive Vice-President for Foreign and Security Policy and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Defence Policy
Finland - Henna Virkkunen - Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Commissioner for Digital and Frontier Technologies
France - Stéphane Séjourné - Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, Commissioner for Industry, SMEs and the Single Market
Germany - Ursula von der Leyen - European Commission President
Greece - Apostolos Tzitzikostas - Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism
Hungary - Olivér Várhelyi - Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare
Ireland - Michael McGrath- Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law
Italy - Raffaele Fitto - Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms, Commissioner for Cohesion Policy, Regional Development and Cities
Latvia - Valdis Dombrovskis - Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification
Lithuania - Andrius Kubilius - Commissioner for Defence and Space
Luxembourg - Christophe Hansen - Commissioner for Agriculture and Food
Malta - Glenn Micallef - Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Culture, Youth and Sport.
Netherlands - Wopke Hoekstra - Commissioner for Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth, also responsible for taxation
Poland - Piotr Serafin - Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration
Portugal - Maria Luis Alburquerque - Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investment Union
Romania - Roxana Mînzatu - Executive Vice-President for People, Skills and Preparedness, Commissioner for Skills, Education, Quality Jobs and Social Rights
Slovakia - Maroš Šefčovič - Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency
Slovenia - Marta Kos - Commissioner for Enlargement, also responsible for the eastern neighbourhood and Ukraine’s reconstruction
Spain - Teresa Ribera - Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, Commissioner for Competition
Sweden - Jessika Roswall - Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy
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