Subscribe here: [ Ссылка ] Ursula von der Leyen presented her team and programme, wherein she confirmed the portfolio changes requested by MEPs in the course of Parliament’s evaluation process. “We are ready to get to work immediately,” she said, stressing that her Commission will always be devoted to fighting for freedom, sovereignty, security and prosperity. You can read her speech on the Commission’s website.
Ms von der Leyen announced that the Commission’s first initiative will be a competitiveness compass, to close Europe’s innovation gap with the US and China, to increase security and independence and to deliver on decarbonisation. On the European Green Deal, she said, “we must and we will stay the course on its goals”. She committed to presenting a clean industrial deal, launch a strategic dialogue on the future of Europe’s car industry, continue working on a competitive circular economy, and work towards a European savings and investment union.
On the ongoing wars in Ukraine, the Middle East and parts of Africa, Ms von der Leyen said that “Europe must play a stronger role in all of these areas”, stressing that it is “needed more than ever”. Strengthening our security is crucial, she said, calling on Europe to spend more on defence. “Europe’s security will always be this Commission’s priority,” she added.
In the subsequent debate, some MEPs stressed the need for the new Commission to begin addressing the challenges Europe is facing quickly. They called on the Commission to improve European competitiveness in the light of intensifying global competition, to implement the European Green Deal, to ensure energy independence, and to build a defence union in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Others signalled their disapproval of the new College of Commissioners.
VDL's NEW college of European Commissioners
Teresa Ribera Rodríguez
Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition
Henna Virkkunen
Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy
Stéphane Séjourné
Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy
Kaja Kallas
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission
Roxana Mînzatu
Executive Vice-President for People, Skills and Preparedness
Raffaele Fitto
Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms
Maroš Šefčovič
Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency
Valdis Dombrovskis
Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification
Dubravka Šuica
Commissioner for Mediterranean
Olivér Várhelyi
Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare
Wopke Hoekstra
Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth
Andrius Kubilius
Commissioner for Defence and Space
Marta Kos
Commissioner for Enlargement
Jozef Síkela
Commissioner for International Partnerships
Costas Kadis
Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans
Maria Luís Albuquerque
Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union
Hadja Lahbib
Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management; Equality
Magnus Brunner
Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration
Jessika Roswall
Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy
Piotr Serafin
Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration
Dan Jørgensen
Commissioner for Energy and Housing
Ekaterina Zaharieva
Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
Michael McGrath
Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, and the Rule of Law
Apostolos Tzitzikostas
Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism
Christophe Hansen
Commissioner for Agriculture and Food
Glenn Micallef
Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport
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