Ursula von der Leyen presented the new structure of the European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen presented the new structure of the European Commission

Ursula von der Leyen presented the new structure of the European Commission

  • Ursula von der Leyen announced the structure of the European Commission on Tuesday.
  • Romania obtained the position of vice-president of the European Commission and one of the most important portfolios.

The second von der Leyen Commission has a different structure than the first. Now, there are two levels of command: executive vice presidents and commissioners.

Here is the complete list of portfolios:



Ursula von der Leyen (Germany): President of the European Commission

Teresa Ribera (Spain): Executive Vice President for a clean, fair and competitive transition

Henna Virkkunen (Finland): Executive Vice President for Technical Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

Stephane Sejourné (French): Executive Vice President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy

Roxana Manzatu (Romania): Executive Vice President for Skills and Education, Jobs and Social Rights

Raffaele Fitto (Italy): Executive Vice President for Cohesion and Reforms

Kaja Kalla (Estonia): High Representative for foreign and security policy

Magnus Brunner (Austria): Internal affairs and migration

Hadja Lahbib (Belgium): Preparedness, crisis management. Equality

Ekaterina Zaharieva (Bulgaria): Startups, research and innovation

Dubravka Šuica (Croatia): Mediterranean

Costas Kadis (Cyprus): Fisheries and oceans

Jozef Síkela (Czech Republic): International partnerships

Dan Jørgensen (Denmark): Energy and housing

Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Greece): Sustainable transport and tourism

Oliver Várhelyi (Hungary): Animal health and welfare

Michael McGrath (Irlanda): Democracy, justice and rule of law

Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia): Economy and productivity, implementation and simplification

Andrius Kubilius (Lithuania): Defense and space

Christophe Hansen (Luxembourg): Agriculture and food

Glenn Micallef (Malta): Equity between generations, youth, culture and sport

Wopke Hoekstra (Netherlands): Climate actions

Piotr Serafin (Polonia): Budget, anti-fraud, public administrations

Maria Luis Albuquerque (Portugal): Financial services

Roxana Manzatu (Romania): Skills and Education, Jobs and social rights

Maroš Šefčovič (Slovakia): Trade and economic security, inter-institutional relations and transparency

Marta Kos (Slovenia): Extension

Jessica Roswall (Sweden): Environment

Source: www.mediafax.ro