France with Pierre Moscovici for Economic Affairs, the United Kingdom with Jonathan Hill Financial Services and Germany with Günther Oettinger in the Digital Economy drop three major economic posts in the new European Commission announced on Wednesday. The president of the new team, Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker, also created seven vice-presidents to lead the key priorities of the European Union. Former Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen will be responsible for “jobs and growth” while the Latvian Valdis Dombrovskis, a supporter of fiscal austerity, will coordinate the policies of the “euro” and “social dialogue” .
“He will work closely with Pierre Moscovici,” said Jean-Claude Juncker during a press conference. He found that Pierre Moscovici was “well placed to help solve” the problems of fiscal discipline, coming from a country facing this problem. Three of these vice-presidents are awarded to women whose Italian Federica Mogherini previously designated head of European diplomacy, and the Bulgarian Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, outgoing, responsible for coordinating “the budget and resources Human “. Jean-Claude Juncker also innovated by establishing a right arm, “assistant” to the president, in the Dutchman Frans Timmermans.
“This is my winning team,” said Jean-Claude Juncker
“The European Commission that I present today is a political dynamic and effective board, ready to give new momentum to Europe (…) this is my winning team” said Jean-Claude Juncker. This executive must embody “an EU that has big, big problems to solve,” and that is “closer to the people, has he added. His” top priority “will be” foreign policy “, especially with the crisis in Ukraine, “the fight against excessive bureaucratization,” “growth, employment and investment” and the “launch of a true union of Energy,” said he noted.
Among the other key portfolios, Spaniard Miguel Arias Canete won the Climate and Energy, Sweden’s Cecilia Malmström Trade and Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager Competition. Poland’s Elzbieta Bienkowska is responsible Market Interior and Industry, and the Belgian Marianne Thyssen Employment and Social Affairs. Dimitris Avramopoulos The Greek, whose country is with Italy and Spain in the front line of migration flows in the Mediterranean, is He appointed to the Immigration and Home Affairs. Controversial Hungarian Tibor Navracsics, in the heart of the dispute between Brussels and Budapest on the reform of the judiciary, he receives the portfolio of education, culture and citizenship. Agriculture, a sector currently shaken by the Russian ban on European food products, is entrusted to the Irishman Phil Hogan, and Regional Policy in Romania Corina Cretu.
If it is more political than the outgoing college headed by José Manuel Barroso, with five former heads of government and thirteen ministers or former ministers, the new team has the same number of women, ie nine out of twenty -eight. Its members must be interviewed one by one by the various committees of the European Parliament before it takes a decision on the whole College of Commissioners at its meeting to be held from 20 to 23 October in Strasbourg. The new Commission must begin his term on 1 November.
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