Candidates for the new European Commission 

Public hearings at the European Parliament 

       

Videos: hearings with the commissioners-designate 

Missed the hearings of the nominees for the European Commission? Catch up with our videos summaries.

       

Democratic assessment: hearings of commissioners-designate 

Before the new European Commission - the EU’s executive body - can take office, Parliament is organising public hearings to assess the commissioners’ suitability for the job.

       

How Parliament votes the European Commission into office (infographic) 

MEPs will assess whether commissioner candidates can deliver on the challenges facing the EU in a series of public hearings. Find out more in our infographic.

       

Schedule: commissioner candidate hearings in Parliament 

Parliament’s committees will assess the fitness of the commissioners-designate for their proposed posts during public hearings. Watch them live online.

       

Frans Timmermans (the Netherlands) 

ENVI  ITRE  TRAN 

Executive Vice President-Designate - European Green Deal

       

Margrethe Vestager (Denmark) 

ECON  IMCO  ITRE  JURI 

Executive Vice President-Designate - Europe Fit for Digital Age

       

Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia) 

ECON  EMPL  BUDG 

Executive Vice President-Designate - An Economy that Works for People

       

Josep Borrell (Spain) 

AFET 

High Representative/Vice President-Designate - A Stronger Europe in the World

       

Maroš Šefčovič (Slovakia) 

AFCO  JURI  ITRE  PETI 

Vice President-Designate - Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight

       

Věra Jourová (Czech Republic) 

AFCO  LIBE  JURI 

Vice President-Designate - Values and Transparency

       

Dubravka Šuica (Croatia) 

AFCO  EMPL 

Vice President-Designate - Democracy and Demography

       

Margaritis Schinas (Greece) 

CULT  LIBE  EMPL 

Vice President-Designate - Promoting the European Way of Life

       

Johannes Hahn (Austria) 

BUDG  CONT  JURI 

Budget and Administration

       

Phil Hogan (Ireland) 

INTA 

Trade

       

Mariya Gabriel (Bulgaria) 

CULT  ITRE 

Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

       

Nicolas Schmit (Luxembourg) 

EMPL  ECON 

Jobs and Social Rights

       

Paolo Gentiloni (Italy) 

ECON  BUDG  EMPL 

Economy

       

Janusz Wojciechowski (Poland) 

AGRI  ENVI 

Agriculture

       

Elisa Ferreira (Portugal) 

REGI  BUDG  ECON 

Cohesion and Reforms

       

Olivér Várhelyi (Hungary) 

AFET 

Neighbourhood and Enlargement

       

Stella Kyriakides (Cyprus) 

ENVI  AGRI 

Health and Food safety

       

Didier Reynders (Belgium) 

JURI  LIBE  IMCO 

Justice

       

Adina Vălean (Romania) 

TRAN  ENVI 

Transport

       

Helena Dalli (Malta) 

EMPL  FEMM  LIBE 

Equality

       

Thierry Breton (France) 

IMCO  ITRE  CULT  JURI 

Internal market

       

Ylva Johansson (Sweden) 

LIBE 

Home Affairs

       

Janez Lenarčič (Slovenia) 

DEVE  ENVI 

Crisis Management

       

Jutta Urpilainen (Finland) 

DEVE 

International Partnerships

       

Kadri Simson (Estonia) 

ITRE  ENVI 

Energy

       

Virginijus Sinkevičius (Lithuania) 

ENVI  PECH 

Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

       

László Trócsányi (Hungary) 

AFET 

Neighbourhood and Enlargement

       

Rovana Plumb (Romania) 

TRAN  ENVI 

Transport

       

Sylvie Goulard (France) 

IMCO  ITRE  CULT  JURI 

Internal market