President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled his team and the new shape of the next European Commission on Wednesday (10 September).
According to the Luxemburger, a revamped structure for the new Commission will enable it to be big on big, and small on small things', break down silo mentalities and detach Commissioners from national interests.
The assignation of portfolios reveals a new priority-focused Commission composition, with seven Vice-Presidents. Despite Juncker's claim that there are no first or second-class Commissioners there are team leaders and team players , the Vice-presidents will for example have the right to veto projects of fellow Commissioners.
Former Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip has been put forward as Commission Vice-president for Digital Single Market. He will work closely with German Commission-nominee G nther Oettinger , who held the Energy portfolio in the previous Commission and will now be leading DG Connect (Communications Networks, Content and Technology) including audiovisual, media and copyright policies.
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Tibor Navracsics has been assigned the Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship portfolio. Trade issues will be in the hands of Swede Cecilia Malmstr m, who was in charge of Justice and Home Affairs in the previous Commission.
Rumours that the Enlargement portfolio has disappeared were quashed with the nomination of former Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn as Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.
The European Parliament now has to give its consent to the entire College of Commissioners. The Parliament will audition the nominees from late September to mid-October and vote on 22 October.
The new Commission will take office on 3 November if the Parliament approves of Juncker's plan. Previous parliamentary grillings' have usually left one or two Commission-designates on the sidelines, so changes can be expected.
Full list of Commissioner-designates (political group and nationality in brackets):
Jean-Claude Juncker (EPP - Luxembourg), President of the European Commission
Federica Mogherini (S&D - Italy), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President
Frans Timmermans (S&D - Netherlands), First Vice-President, in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
Kristalina Georgieva (EPP - Bulgaria), Vice-President for Budget and Human Resources
Andrus Ansip (ALDE - Estonia), Vice-President for the Digital Single Market
Alenka Bratu ek (ALDE Slovenia), Vice-President for Energy Union
Valdis Dombrovskis (EPP - Latvia), Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue
Jyrki Katainen (EPP Finland), Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
Phil Hogan (EPP Ireland ), Agriculture and Rural Development
Miguel Arias Ca ete (EPP-Spain), Climate Action and Energy
Margrethe Vestager (ALDE Denmark), Competition
G nther Oettinger (EPP - Germany), Digital Economy and Society
Pierre Moscovici (S&D - France), Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Union
Tibor Navracsics (EPP - Hungary), Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship
Marianne Thyssen (EPP - Belgium), Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
Karmenu Vella (S&D Malta), Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Johannes Hahn (EPP - Austria), European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
Jonthan Hill (ECR United Kingdom), Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
Vytenis Andriukaitis (S&D Lithuania), Health and Food Safety
Christos Stylianides (EPP Cyprus), Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
El bieta Bie kowska (EPP Poland), Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
Neven Mimica (S&D Croatia), International Cooperation and Development
V ra Jourov (ALDE Czech Republic), Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
Dimitris Avramopoulos (EPP Greece), Migration and Home Affairs
Corina Cre u (S&D Romania), Regional Policy
Carlos Moedas (EPP Portugal), Research, Science and Innovation
Cecilia Malmstr m (ALDE, Sweden), Trade
Maro ef ovi (EPP Slovakia), Transport and Space
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President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled his team and the new shape of the next European Commission on Wednesday (10 September).
