The College of Commissioners of the European Commission will have 27 members –one for each EU member

Описание: Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/eudebates Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled her nominated team of European Commissioners and the policy areas or "portfolios" she will ask them to steer over the next five years, ending weeks of speculation.

The structure of the second German-led European Commission revolves around three “key priorities”: prosperity, security, and democracy. Looming in the background is the goal of twin green and digital transition. In line with “one of the main recommendations” in the Draghi report, “the whole college is committed to competitiveness,” the EU leader assured.

Von der Leyen had to jump through hoops to ensure a sufficient standard in terms of gender, political background, and geographic balance. In the end, eleven women and sixteen men: von der Leyen claimed credit for improving the balance, raising the share of women from 22 percent to 40 percent.

Below is the list presented by the president of the European Commission, starting with the six executive vice presidents – four women and two men – of whom, von der Leyen specified, “three come from member states that joined the EU before the fall of the Iron Curtain and three from member states that joined after the reunification of Europe.”

The Commission chief has appointed six executive vice-presidents (EVPs) - four women and two men - who will be given greater leverage over the executive’s business and oversee the work of a cluster of Commissioners.

They include Spain's Teresa Ribera, France's Stéphane Séjourné as well as Italy's Raffaele Fitto, despite the European socialists recently warning von der Leyen against handing over a vice-presidency to the hard-right pick of Italy's Giorgia Meloni.

Here's how the Commission chief divvied up her policy portfolios:

VDL's proposed college of European Commissioners
Austria - Magnus Brunner - Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration

Belgium - Hadja Lahbib - Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management

Bulgaria - Ekaterina Zaharieva - Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

Croatia - Dubravka Šuica - Commissioner for the Mediterranean

Cyprus - Costas Kadis - Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans

Czech Republic - Jozef Sikela - Commissioner for the International Partnerships

Denmark - Dan Jørgensen - Commissioner for Energy and Housing

Estonia - Kaja Kallas - Executive Vice-President for Foreign and Security Policy and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Defence Policy

Finland - Henna Virkkunen - Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Commissioner for Digital and Frontier Technologies

France - Stéphane Séjourné - Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, Commissioner for Industry, SMEs and the Single Market

Germany - Ursula von der Leyen - European Commission President

Greece - Apostolos Tzitzikostas - Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism

Hungary - Olivér Várhelyi - Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare

Ireland - Michael McGrath- Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law

Italy - Raffaele Fitto - Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms, Commissioner for Cohesion Policy, Regional Development and Cities

Latvia - Valdis Dombrovskis - Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification

Lithuania - Andrius Kubilius - Commissioner for Defence and Space

Luxembourg - Christophe Hansen - Commissioner for Agriculture and Food

Malta - Glenn Micallef - Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Culture, Youth and Sport.

Netherlands - Wopke Hoekstra - Commissioner for Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth, also responsible for taxation

Poland - Piotr Serafin - Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration

Portugal - Maria Luis Alburquerque - Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investment Union

Romania - Roxana Mînzatu - Executive Vice-President for People, Skills and Preparedness, Commissioner for Skills, Education, Quality Jobs and Social Rights

Slovakia - Maroš Šefčovič - Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency

Slovenia - Marta Kos - Commissioner for Enlargement, also responsible for the eastern neighbourhood and Ukraine’s reconstruction

Spain - Teresa Ribera - Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, Commissioner for Competition

Sweden - Jessika Roswall - Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

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