The von der Leyen Commission's priorities for 2019-2024
In her statements to the European Parliament in July and November 2019, as candidate for European Commission President and President-elect respectively, Ursula von der Leyen outlined the six political priorities that would shape the working programme of the European Commission over the next five years. While the former Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, had claimed to lead a 'political Commission', his successor, Ursula von der Leyen, has pledged to lead a 'geopolitical Commission'. Such a Commission will have a political agenda in which reinforcing the EU's role as a relevant international actor, and trying to shape a better global order through reinforcing multilateralism, is to become a key priority ('A stronger Europe in the world'). The other main political priorities of the Commission are brought together under five broad headings: 'A European Green Deal', 'A Europe fit for the digital age', 'An economy that works for people', 'A new push for European democracy', and 'Promoting the European way of life'. Together they define the framework within which the Commission will act in the coming five years. The structure and working methods announced by von der Leyen show that her Commission will differ from its predecessors in a number of ways.
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- ASUNTOS SOCIALES
- cambio tecnológico
- candidato
- construcción europea
- democracia
- ECONOMÍA
- economía digital
- economía verde
- estructura económica
- fomento de la idea de Europa
- instituciones de la Unión Europea y función pública europea
- marco político
- MEDIO AMBIENTE
- partido político
- política del medio ambiente
- política social europea
- presidente de la Comisión
- procedimiento electoral y sistema de votación
- PRODUCCIÓN, TECNOLOGÍA E INVESTIGACIÓN
- programa electoral
- programa político
- situación de la Unión Europea
- tecnología y reglamentación técnica
- UNIÓN EUROPEA
- VIDA POLÍTICA
- vida social