The newly elected president of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker, announced the names of the new EU executive, made up of 27 members, including 18 men and nine women. French socialist Pierre Moscovici, former finance minister in Paris, gets the key post of commissioner for European economic affairs. Financial services go instead to the British Jonathan Hill.
The German Guenther Oettinger, former Energy Commissioner in the commission chaired by Jose Manuel Barroso, is responsible for the digital economy, while Energy and the Climate are the responsibility of the Spanish Miguel Arias Canete. Swedish Cecilia Malstrom moves from Intern to Commerce.
At the Internal Market the Polish Elzbieta Bienkowska. Alongside the foreign policy representative, the Italian Federica Mogherini, there will be six other vice presidents, of which the first, the current Dutch foreign minister, Frans Timmermans, will have a mandate for an agenda to improve the Regulation.
If confirmed by the Parliament's vote in October, the EU executive chaired by Juncker will take office on November XNUMXst.
Let us summarize in list form the 27 members of the new European Commission:
- Pierre Moscovici (France) Commissioner of Finance and Taxation;
- Jonathan Hill (Great Britain), Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Financial Markets Union;
- Jyrki katainen (Finland), Vice President for Growth and Jobs;
- Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs;
- Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria), Vice President for Budget and Human Resources;
- Frans Timmermans (Netherlands), first vice president for the best regulation and "right hand of the president";
- Dimitris Avramopoulos (Greece), Commissioner for Immigration and Home Affairs;
- Cecilia Malmstrom (Sweden), European Commissioner for Trade;
- Phil Hogan (Ireland), Commissioner for Agriculture;
- Andrus Ansip (Estonia), Vice-President responsible for the Digital Single Market;
- Alenka Bratusek (Slovenia), vice president with responsibility for the Energy Market;
- Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia), Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue;
- Margrethe Vestager (Denmark), European Antitrust Commissioner;
- Elzbieta Bienkowska (Poland), Commissioner for the Single Market and Industry;
- Miguel Arias Canete (Spain), Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Policy;
- Marianne Thyssen (Belgium), European Commissioner for Labour, Social Affairs and Mobility;
- Corina Cretu (Romania), EU commissioner for regional policies;
- Guenther Oettinger (Germany), Commissioner for the digital economy;
- Tibor Navracsics (Hungary), commissioner with responsibility for Education, Culture and Youth;
- Maros Sefcovic (Slovakia), Commissioner for Transport and Space;
- Johannes Hahn (Austria), Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations;
- Marigold Mimica (Austria), commissioner for international cooperation and development;
- Carmen Vella (Malta), Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Policies and Fisheries;
- Vytenis Andriukaitis (Lithuania), Commissioner for Health and Food Safety;
- Christos Stylianides (Cyprus), Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management;
- Vera Jourova (Czech Republic), Commissioner for Justice, Consumption and Equal Opportunities;
- Carlos Moeda (Portugal), Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation.
