According to the press service of the EP, at a vote on Wednesday, November 27, at the plenary session in Strasbourg, 461 deputies supported the proposed commissars, 157 opposed, 89 abstained.
It is noted that the composition is approved for a five-year term, the board will begin to perform duties in full mode from December 1.
In July, the European Parliament supported the appointment of Ursula von der Leyen to the post of President of the European Commission.
It was noted that she would become the first woman to chair the EC.