After the last European elections held in May, the future new President of the European Commission was appointed by the European Council in June and elected by the new European Parliament in July, according to the new system put in place in 2014 (more information in this post). According to the results of the European elections, the new President of the European Commission will be Jean-Claude Juncker, candidate of the European People's Party (EEP) which came in first.
On 10th September, Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled the new European Commission’s members of which he will be the President during five years. Each EU Member State submitted a Candidate commissioner who have been approved or refused by the President.
- The President: Jean-Claude Juncker (Luxemburg);
- The Vice-Presidents:
- Frans Timmermans (The Netherlands), First Vice-President;
- Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria), Vice-President for Budget and Human Resources;
- Alenka Bratusek (Slovenia), Vice-President for Energy Union;
- Jyrki Katainen (Finland), Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness;
- Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia), Vice-President for Euro and Social Dialogue;
- Andrus Ansip (Estonia), Vice-President for Digital Single Market;
- Frederica Mogherini (Italy), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Policy and Security Policy;
- The Commissioners:
- Vera Jourova (The Czech Republic), for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality;
- Günther Oettinger (Germany), for Digital Economy and Society;
- Pierre Moscovici (France), for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Union;
- Marianne Thyssen (Belgium), for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility;
- Corina Cretu (Romania), for Regional Policy;
- Johannes Hahn (Austria), for European Neighbourhood Policy and Elargement Negociations;
- Dimitris Avramopoulos (Greece), for Migration and Home Affairs;
- Vytenis Andriukaitis (Lithuania), for Health and Food Safety;
- Jonathan Hill (United Kingdom), for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union;
- Elzbieta Bienkowska (Poland), for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs;
- Miguel Arias Canete (Spain), for Climate Action and Energy;
- Neven Mimica (Croatia), for International Cooperation and Development;
- Margrethe Vestager (Denmark), for Competition;
- Maroš Sefcovic (Slovakia), for Transport and Space;
- Cecilia Malmstrom (Sweden), for Trade;
- Karmenu Vella (Malta), for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries;
- Tibor Navracsics (Hungary), for Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship;
- Carlos Moedas (Portugal), for Research, Science and Innovation;
- Phil Hogan (Ireland), for Agriculture and Rural Development;
- Christos Stylianides (Cyprus), for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management.
From 29th September to 7th October 2014, the Candidate commissioners will be scrutinised by the Committees of the European Parliament, according to their area of action. The European Parliament can refuse a candidate or make changes in the portfolio that was assigned to them.
On 22nd October 2014, the European Parliament will vote on the new European Commission as a whole only.
If the new European Commission is approved by the European Parliament, it will take office on 1st November 2014.
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