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Who's who in the new European Commission?
euronews (in English)
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21/11/2024
Meet the new European Commission.
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After some delay due to power games, the three largest political groups in the European Parliament
00:08
gave the green light to the new von der Leyen College of Commissioners.
00:12
At the end, the Socialists accepted the Italian right-wing Raffaele Fitto to become Executive
00:17
Vice President, while the EPP renounced to demand the downfall of the Spanish Socialist
00:22
Teresa Ribera.
00:25
Both will get big economic portfolios.
00:28
Also, Hungarian Oliver Varhely from the far-right Patriots group survived, but he lost some
00:33
powers over women's health controversy.
00:36
His portfolio could be limited.
00:38
Now, the hard work lies ahead for the new Commission, which faces many challenges.
00:45
I would say there are two kinds of challenges for the Commission.
00:47
The first kind is the priorities of the Commission, implementation of the Green Deal, going forward
00:54
on defence industry, also agriculture.
00:58
The Commission promised a new strategy or a new vision for agriculture in the 100 days.
01:04
Also the pre-enlargement reviews of all the policies, of all the EU policies.
01:10
But the second kind of challenges are the external challenges, like the election of
01:14
Donald Trump, the situation in Ukraine, and also what we saw recently, the migration situation
01:21
and the political consequences of it.
01:23
So the Commission will have to balance what it has in priorities, but also how these priorities
01:29
could be modified or disrupted by the global context, the current situation.
01:37
These challenges will be addressed by vice-presidents and commissioners.
01:41
The former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kalas will be the new High Representative of Foreign
01:45
Affairs and Security Policy, and Lithuanian Andrius Kubulis will be the Commissioner for
01:50
Defence and Space.
01:53
For issues that could come up, especially with the election of Donald Trump, the Slovakian
01:57
Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maro Ševcović will be the one to take action.
02:04
For migration issues, the Austrian Commissioner Magnus Brunel will be responsible.
02:10
At the same time, the new EU Commission may need to address some of the problems of the
02:14
European citizens, which have become political.
02:18
There will be two portfolios to watch.
02:21
The first one on energy and housing and the political consequences of the housing crisis,
02:27
and that will be the Danish Commissioner Jørgensen, and also the question of skills, meaning education,
02:33
training and labour conditions with the Romanian Executive Vice-President of the Commission,
02:39
Roxana Minzatu.
02:41
The official vote of the plenary is expected next week in Strasbourg, which would allow
02:45
the new Commission to start working on the 1st of December.
02:50
So far, no other surprises are expected.
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