European Council appoints the European Commission

On 28 November, the European Council appointed by written procedure the European Commission for the period from 1 December 2024 to 31 October 2029.

The President of the Commission will be Ursula von der Leyen (Germany) and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy will be Kaja Kallas (Estonia), who will also be one of the Vice-Presidents of the Commission pursuant to Article 18(4) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU).

Marta Kos (Slovenia) will be the European Commissioner for Enlargement.

The other members of the Commission will be:

•    Magnus Brunner (Austria)
•    Hadja Lahbib (Belgium)
•    Ekaterina Spasova Gecheva-Zaharieva (Bulgaria)
•    Dubravka Šuica (Croatia)
•    Constantinos Kadis (Cyprus)
•    Jozef Síkela (Czechia)
•    Dan Jøregensen (Denmark)
•    Henna Maria Virkkunen (Finland)
•    Stéphane Séjourné (France)
•    Apostolos Tzitsikostas (Greece)
•    Olivér Várhelyi (Hungary)
•    Michael Mcgrath (Ireland)
•    Raffaele Fitto (Italy)
•    Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia)
•    Andrius Kubilius (Lithuania)
•    Christophe Hansen (Luxembourg)
•    Glenn Micallef (Malta)
•    Wopke Bastiaan Hoestra (Netherlands)
•    Piotr Arkadiusz Serafin (Poland)
•    Maria Luís Casanova Morgado Dias de Albuquerque (Portugal)
•    Roxana Mînzatu(Romania)
•    Maroš Šefčovič(Slovakia)
•    Teresa Ribera Rodrígez(Spain)
•    Jessika Roswall (Sweden)

This follows the consent given on 27 November 2024 by the European Parliament.

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