{"id":5915,"date":"2014-09-10T15:02:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T13:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2014-09-10T15:02:06","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T13:02:06","slug":"new-eu-commission-portfolios-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=5915","title":{"rendered":"New EU Commission portfolios unveiled!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The elected European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, announced today the portfolios\u2019 assignments of the new 27 EU Commissioners, and the way <a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_IP-14-984_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">work will be organised<\/a> in the European Commission once it takes office:<\/p>\n<p><b>1. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vice-Presidents <i>(including a High Representative)<br \/><\/i><\/span><\/b><i>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/i><em>(All leading a project team &#8211; composition that may change according to the needs<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and\/or projects)<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law &amp; the Charter of Fundamental Rights &#8211;<\/b> Frans Timmermans (S&amp;D, The Netherlands) &#8211; 1<sup>st<\/sup> Vice-President<\/li>\n<li><b>Union for Foreign Affairs &amp; Security Policy <\/b>&#8211; Federica Mogherini (S&amp;D, Italy) &#8211; High Representative<\/li>\n<li><b>Budget &amp; Human Resources &#8211; <\/b>Kristalina Georgieva (EPP, Bulgaria)<\/li>\n<li><b>Digital Single Market<\/b> &#8211; Andrus Ansip (ALDE, Estonia)<\/li>\n<li><b>Energy Union &#8211; <\/b>Alenka Bratusek (EPP, Slovenia)<\/li>\n<li><b>Euro &amp; Social Dialogue<\/b> &#8211; Valdis Dombrovkis (EPP, Latvia)<\/li>\n<li><b>Jobs, Growth, Investment &amp; Competitiveness <\/b>&#8211; Jyrki Katainen (EPP, Finland)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Members of the Commission <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship &amp; SME<\/b> &#8211; El\u017cbieta Bie\u0144kowska (EPP, Poland)<i><\/i><\/li>\n<li><b>Health and Food Safety<\/b> &#8211; Vytenis Andriukaitis (S&amp;D, Lithuania)<\/li>\n<li><b>Employment, Social Affairs, Skills &amp; Labour Mobility &#8211;<\/b> Marianne Thyssen (EPP, Belgium)<\/li>\n<li><b>Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship <\/b>&#8211; Tibor Navracsics (EPP, Hungary)<\/li>\n<li><b>Research, Science &amp; Innovation<\/b> &#8211; Carlos Moedas (EPP, Portugal)<\/li>\n<li><b>Regional Policy<\/b> &#8211; Corina Cre\u0163u (S&amp;D, Romania)<\/li>\n<li><b>Migration &amp;<\/b><b> Home Affairs<\/b> &#8211; Dimitris Avramopoulos (EPP, Greece)<\/li>\n<li><b>European Neighbourhood Policy &amp; Enlargement Negotiations <\/b>&#8211; Johannes Hahn (EPP, Austria)<\/li>\n<li><b>International Cooperation &amp; Development &#8211; <\/b>Neven Mimica (S&amp;D, Croatia)<\/li>\n<li><b>Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs <\/b>&#8211; Pierre Moscovici (S&amp;D, France)<\/li>\n<li><b>Financial Stability, Financial Services &amp; Capital Markets Union <\/b>&#8211; Jonathan Hill (ECR, UK)<\/li>\n<li><b>Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality &#8211; <\/b>V\u011bra Jourov\u00e1 (ALDE, Czech Republic)<\/li>\n<li><b>Agriculture &amp; Rural Development<\/b> &#8211; Phil Hogan (EPP, Ireland)<\/li>\n<li><b>Trade<\/b> &#8211; Cecilia Malmstr\u00f6m (ALDE, Sweden)<\/li>\n<li><b>Competition<\/b> &#8211; Margrethe Vetager (ALDE, Denmark)<\/li>\n<li><b>Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries <\/b>&#8211; Karmenu Vella (S&amp;D, Malta)<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Transport &amp; Space<\/b> &#8211; Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d (S&amp;D, Slovakia)<\/li>\n<li><b>Digital Economy &amp; Society<\/b> &#8211; G\u00fcnther Oettinger (EPP, Germany)<\/li>\n<li><b>Climate Action &amp; Energy &#8211; <\/b>Miguel Arias Ca\u00f1ete (EPP, Spain)<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Humanitarian Aid &amp; Crisis Management<\/b> &#8211; Christos Stylianides (EPP, Cyprus)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The college of commissioners (which includes 9 female and 19 male, and 7 Commissioners from Barroso\u2019s team) will now have to be approved by the European Parliament on 20-23 October. 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