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The future President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presented Tuesday, September 10 a college of European Commissioners she describes as balanced between men and women with parity almost perfect, 13 women including her and 14 men.
Two European Commission heavyweights and former contenders for the presidency of this institution have the title of executive vice-presidents: the Dutch social democrat Frans Timmermans is the next European commissioner for climate, a key task force of the announced team by the German Ursula von der Leyen, who at the same time extended the liberal Danish Margrethe Vestager to Competition.
The Irishman Phil Hogan (EPP, right), outgoing European Commissioner for Agriculture, is appointed to Trade, a sensitive post where he will be responsible for managing trade tensions with the United States and negotiating a free trade agreement. exchange with the UK after Brexit. " He will be a fair but determined negotiator ," said Von der Leyen. " Brexit, if it has to happen, is not the end of something but the beginning of our new relationship, " she said, quoted by AFP.
France's Sylvie Goulard (Renew Europe) becomes European Commissioner for the Internal Market, a broad portfolio that encompasses industrial policy, the digital single market, as well as the defense and space industry. The appointment of the ephemeral French Minister of Defense in 2017 will have to be validated by the European Parliament. She is suspected of being involved in the fictitious jobs case of assistants of MEPs MoDem, a centrist party she has since left. The Greek Margaritis Schinas (PPE), from one of the countries in the forefront of migrant arrivals, will oversee migration issues.
🔴 Ursula @vonderleyen, President-Elect of the European Commission, presents her team of Commissioners, the portfolios of each, and the structure of the new Commission ↓ https://t.co/a6tAromxYk
European Commission 🇪🇺 (@UEFrance) 10 September 2019Urgent projects
From asylum reform in Brexit to trade tensions with the United States, urgent projects are waiting for the new president of the European Commission. In the program, the ecology: Ursula von der Leyen promises a "green pact" with carbon neutrality in 2050, a carbon tax on borders, a reduction of greenhouse gases by 50% at least as early as 2030, a European Bank of climate with investments of up to € 1 trillion over the next ten years.
Second priority, digital and artificial intelligence. It's about continuing the fight to control the digital giants of the United States. Third priority: the rule of law, which must prevail in the East of the continent in countries led by populists like Poland or Hungary.
There are also issues to be managed as quickly as the Brexit, the Commission will manage future relations with the United Kingdom. There are also migrations with a better distribution of migrants, trade tensions with the United States and China. Finally, the new Commission will have to complete the European budget for the next seven years.