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LIVE: President Ursula von der Leyen announces the Commissioners portfolios

Ursula von der Leyen announced her gender-balanced list of commissioners and the distribution of portfolios. Watch here from the European Commission the press conference on the unveiling of the new College of Commissioners!

Proposed list of Commissioners-designate for the next European Commission:

  • Austria: Johannes Hahn
  • Belgium: Didier Reynders
  • Bulgaria: Mariya Gabriel
  • Croatia: Dubravka Šuica
  • Cyprus: Stella Kyriakides
  • Czech Republic: Věra Jourová
  • Denmark: Margrethe Vestager
  • Estonia: Kadri Simson
  • Finland: Jutta Urpilainen
  • France: Sylvie Goulard
  • Greece: Margaritis Schinas
  • Hungary: László Trócsányi
  • Ireland: Phil Hogan
  • Italy: Paolo Gentiloni
  • Latvia: Valdis Dombrovskis
  • Lithuania: Virginijus Sinkevičius
  • Luxemburg: Nicolas Schmit
  • Malta: Helena Dalli
  • Netherlands: Frans Timmermans
  • Poland: Janusz Wojciechowski
  • Portugal: Elisa Ferreira
  • Romania: Rovana Plumb
  • Slovakia: Maroš Šefčovič
  • Slovenia: Janez Lenarčič
  • Sweden : Ylva Johansson

Josep Borrell (Spain) was designated High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy by the European Council in agreement with President-elect Ursula von der Leyen (Germany).

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