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According to the CTK, Czechs have entered the cabinets of EC members from Spain, France, and Slovenia

by AI | 02.Dec 2024 | Europe in brief AI

Several Czech representatives have managed to get into the offices of the new European Commissioners, according to information from ČTK. Czech Karolína Kottová is expected to work in the office of Slovenian Commissioner Marta Kos, while two more Czechs should work for Vice President of the European Commission, the Spaniard Teresa Ribera, and also for Vice President of the European Commission, the Frenchman Stéphane Séjourné. The Czech Republic also has its representative among the new spokespersons of the European Commission, Eva Hrnčířová.

The headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels. PHOTO TASR - Jaroslav Novák

Brussels – Several Czech representatives have managed to join the cabinets of new European Commissioners, according to information from ČTK. Czech Karolína Kottová is expected to work in the cabinet of Slovenian Commissioner Marta Kos, and two other Czechs are to work for European Commission (EC) Vice-President Spaniard Teresa Ribera and also EC Vice-President French Stéphane Séjourné. The Czech Republic also has its representative among the new European Commission spokespersons, Eva Hrnčířová. She will be responsible for a broad area ranging from employment through culture to health, announced today the chief spokesperson of the new EU executive, Paula Pinheiro.

The new Czech European Commissioner Jozef Síkela mentioned several times before taking office that he is dealing not only with assembling his cabinet but also with ensuring that as many Czechs as possible get into the cabinets of other members of the European Commission. Members of Síkela’s cabinet come from the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Italy, Latvia, and Slovenia. Therefore, it could be assumed that Czech representatives could be in these cabinets in exchange.

ČTK sources confirmed that Czech Karolína Kottová, who has rich experience from several previous cabinets and as an EC spokesperson, will work for Slovenian Commissioner Marta Kos, who is responsible for the EU enlargement portfolio. Two other Czechs will be in the cabinet of the Spanish EC Vice-President or her French colleague. Whether a Czech representative has managed to join the cabinet of Italian EC Vice-President Raffaele Fitto, who is responsible for reforms and cohesion, is not yet clear.

The Czech Republic will also have its representative in another influential official position in Brussels. Czech diplomat Veronika Musilová has indeed joined the cabinet of the new President of the European Council António Costa, as previously reported by Hospodářské noviny. According to this newspaper, Musilová will be responsible for relations with the states of Asia and the Pacific and with Britain. She will thus be responsible, for example, for preparing summits with China or Japan or for the content of high-level meetings with the British.

With the new European Commission, spokespersons for individual areas of interest addressed by the EU executive have also changed. The chief spokesperson of the commission for the second mandate of President Ursula von der Leyen is Portuguese lawyer Paula Pinheiro. She has 13 spokespersons at her disposal, one of whom is Czech Eva Hrnčířová, who previously worked in the cabinet of EC Vice-President Věra Jourová. (December 2)