#EPHearings2014: Meet the Commissioners-designate!

Updated on 16 October 2014

Hearings of Commissioners-designate seem like a standard practice in modern democracies, however, it was not until the Maastricht Treaty that the European Parliament finally obtained the power to formally vote on the appointment of the Commission as a whole. The first such hearings took place in 1995. Interestingly enough these were hearings of the Commissioners-designate of the first EU Commission that four years later resigned due to allegations of corruption. A democratic process with an ever stronger supervisory role of the EP was born.

Since then the EP endorsed four EU Commissions. As we reported last week, it was not always easy for Commissioner-designates to pass this “job interview”. And this time, the college of Jean Claude Juncker will have only 10 days to prepare for the hearings.

On Thursday, the EP’s Conference of Presidents adopted the schedule of the hearings. We will meet #TeamJunckerEU in the EP from 29 September – 7 October. You will be able to watch all the hearings publicly, however, we have prepared for you an overview of all 27 Commissioners-designate and their portfolios.

You can already find these overviews below, but do look for this blog later this week when we will publish more useful information regarding the hearings.

Compendium

• Compendium of Briefings (all briefings in one publication)

Overviews

• Overview of Hearings of Commissioners-designate (infographic)
• Parliamentary hearings of the Commissioners-designate: A decisive step in the investiture process
• Appointment of the Commission: Parliament’s role before 1995
• Role and election of the President of the European Commission

27 Commissioners-designate

• Federica Mogherini – High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President (Français, Deutsch)
• Frans Timmermans – First Vice-President: Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights (Français, Deutsch)

• Kristalina Georgieva – Vice-President for Budget and Human Resources (Français, Deutsch)
• Andrus Ansip – Vice-President for the Digital Single Market (Français, Deutsch)
• Maroš Šefčovič – Vice-President for Energy Union  (Français, Deutsch)
• Valdis Dombrovskis – Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue     (Français, Deutsch)
• Jyrki Katainen – Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness  (Français, Deutsch)

• Günther Oettinger – Digital Economy and Society (Français, Deutsch)
• Johannes Hahn – European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (Français, Deutsch)
• Cecilia Malmström – Trade (Français, Deutsch)
• Neven Mimica – International Cooperation and Development  (Français, Deutsch)
• Miguel Arias Cañete – Climate Action and Energy (Français, Deutsch)
• Karmenu Vella – Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (Français, Deutsch)
• Vytenis Andriukaitis – Health and Food Safety   (Français, Deutsch)
• Dimitris Avramopoulos – Migration and Home Affairs     (Français, Deutsch)
• Marianne Thyssen – Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility (Français, Deutsch)
• Pierre Moscovici – Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Union (Français, Deutsch)
• Christos Stylianides – Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management (Français, Deutsch)
• Phil Hogan – Agriculture and Rural Development    (Français, Deutsch)
  
• Jonathan Hill – Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (Français, Deutsch)
• Violeta Bulc – Transport  (Français, Deutsch)
• Elżbieta Bieńkowska – Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (Français, Deutsch)
• Věra Jourová – Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality (Français, Deutsch)
• Tibor Navracsics – Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship (Français, Deutsch)
• Corina Crețu – Regional Policy (Français, Deutsch)
• Margrethe Vestager – Competition (Français, Deutsch)
• Carlos Moedas – Research, Science and Innovation (Français, Deutsch)