The head of the Government emphasizes that the subjects that will fall under the responsibility of the former Finance Minister “were considered key in the Union’s strategy approved by the European Council and were highlighted with special emphasis by the recent Letta and Draghi reports, particularly the latter.”
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presented the distribution of posts in her future Commission on Tuesday. Austria’s Finance Minister Magnus Brunner is to take care of migration agendas. According to expert Gerald Knaus, Brunner is “so to speak the EU’s last chance”.
Slovak European Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič explained the significance of his new role in the European Commission.
Jessika Roswall is proposed to take responsibility for environmental issues in the next EU Commission. It is important that forestry issues are included, thinks Sweden’s Prime Minister.
Ursula von der Leyen presented the draft structure of the new European Commission