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New Commission: Parliament nominates all 26 Commissioners

Neue Kommission: Parlament nominiert alle 26 Kommissare

It was a long road until the coordinators nominated the six Executive Vice-Presidents and the Health Commissioner. All 26 Commissioners have now been confirmed by Parliament in the hearings. In recent years, Parliament has repeatedly blocked individual candidates.

Von Till Hoppe

News

Subsidies: How the EU wants to hold China to account

According to a report in the Financial Times, the EU is planning to make China more accountable for access to the European market with stricter regulations for clean technologies.

Von Julia Fiedler

Feature

EU Commission: nomination of Fitto and Ribera uncertain

In the first week of hearings, 19 out of 20 candidates for the new Commission were confirmed at the first attempt. Difficulties are looming in the final phase: The candidates from Hungary and Italy are encountering resistance from liberals and socialists for political reasons. This also puts the Spanish candidate in danger.

Von Markus Grabitz

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Serafin: Future budget Commissioner wants to tie EU funds to reforms

Piotr Serafin was confirmed as Commissioner by the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets and Budgetary Control. He wants a more powerful MFF, whose funds are also linked to reforms in member states.

Von János Allenbach-Ammann

Analysis

Dombrovskis: Veteran advances to the next round

Valdis Dombrovskis, the longest-serving Commissioner with an EPP party membership, is responsible for the central topic of the new mandate: strengthening competitiveness. The Commissioner-designate for Economic Affairs from Latvia was confirmed in the coordinators' meeting.

Von Markus Grabitz

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Várhelyi: Commissioner-designate for Health and Animal Welfare met with reservations

Olivér Várhelyi was met with great reservations by MEPs at the hearing in the AGRI and ENVI Committees. However, the candidate for the Health and Animal Welfare portfolio was well prepared and did not allow himself to get carried away with emotional statements. Nevertheless, he was not nominated.

Von Markus Grabitz

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Albuquerque: Future Financial Markets Commissioner confirmed

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs confirmed the Commissioner-designate for Financial Markets Maria Luís Albuquerque (EPP). During the hearing, the Portuguese Commissioner emphasized the importance of banking stability, a more integrated capital market, and a simpler framework for sustainable finance.

Von János Allenbach-Ammann

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Tzitzikostas: no shaking of limit values and combustion engine phase-out

Apostolos Tzitzikostas wants to promote greater competitiveness and sustainability as Transport Commissioner. At the hearing in front of MEPs, he made clear that the end of the combustion engine is here to stay: "We cannot let up here."

Von Markus Grabitz

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Šefčovič: the eternal commissioner can stay

The Commissioner-designate for Trade secured the support of Parliament with a confident appearance. In the coming years, he intends to defend the interests of the European economy, in particular through the use of trade defense instruments.

Von János Allenbach-Ammann

News

Choline chloride: EU opens anti-dumping proceedings against Chinese imports

The EU Commission has launched an investigation into Chinese imports. The investigation concerns the food supplement choline chloride, which is used in pig and poultry feed.

Von Manuel Liu

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Jozef Síkela – EU Commissioner for Global Gateway

Ursula von der Leyen has assigned the previous lightweight dossier of international partnerships to the Czech Minister for Industry and Trade. Prague is only partially satisfied with von der Leyen's decision. However, the designated Commissioner sees things differently. Above all, he is now to give the BRI competition Global Gateway more momentum.

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