The elected European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, announced today the portfolios’ assignments of the new 27 EU Commissioners, and the way work will be organised in the European Commission once it takes office:
1. Vice-Presidents (including a High Representative)
(All leading a project team – composition that may change according to the needs
and/or projects)
- Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law & the Charter of Fundamental Rights – Frans Timmermans (S&D, The Netherlands) – 1st Vice-President
- Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy – Federica Mogherini (S&D, Italy) – High Representative
- Budget & Human Resources – Kristalina Georgieva (EPP, Bulgaria)
- Digital Single Market – Andrus Ansip (ALDE, Estonia)
- Energy Union – Alenka Bratusek (EPP, Slovenia)
- Euro & Social Dialogue – Valdis Dombrovkis (EPP, Latvia)
- Jobs, Growth, Investment & Competitiveness – Jyrki Katainen (EPP, Finland)
2. Members of the Commission
- Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SME – Elżbieta Bieńkowska (EPP, Poland)
- Health and Food Safety – Vytenis Andriukaitis (S&D, Lithuania)
- Employment, Social Affairs, Skills & Labour Mobility – Marianne Thyssen (EPP, Belgium)
- Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship – Tibor Navracsics (EPP, Hungary)
- Research, Science & Innovation – Carlos Moedas (EPP, Portugal)
- Regional Policy – Corina Creţu (S&D, Romania)
- Migration & Home Affairs – Dimitris Avramopoulos (EPP, Greece)
- European Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations – Johannes Hahn (EPP, Austria)
- International Cooperation & Development – Neven Mimica (S&D, Croatia)
- Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs – Pierre Moscovici (S&D, France)
- Financial Stability, Financial Services & Capital Markets Union – Jonathan Hill (ECR, UK)
- Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality – Věra Jourová (ALDE, Czech Republic)
- Agriculture & Rural Development – Phil Hogan (EPP, Ireland)
- Trade – Cecilia Malmström (ALDE, Sweden)
- Competition – Margrethe Vetager (ALDE, Denmark)
- Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries – Karmenu Vella (S&D, Malta)
- Transport & Space – Maroš Šefčovič (S&D, Slovakia)
- Digital Economy & Society – Günther Oettinger (EPP, Germany)
- Climate Action & Energy – Miguel Arias Cañete (EPP, Spain)
- Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management – Christos Stylianides (EPP, Cyprus)
The college of commissioners (which includes 9 female and 19 male, and 7 Commissioners from Barroso’s team) will now have to be approved by the European Parliament on 20-23 October. If confirmed, the new European Commission (2014-2019) will take office on 1 November 2014.