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The United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020, and did not nominate a commissioner when the Juncker Commission ended on 1 December 2019. Below is a list of all past and present European commissioners according to the member state they were nominated by, including the presidents of the European Coal and Steel Community and European Atomic ...
The make up and distribution of portfolios are determined by the Commission president and do not always correspond with the commission's departments (directorates-general). While some have been fairly consistent in make up between each Commission, some have only just been created or are paired with others.
He speaks 21 out of 24 official EU languages. [5] [6] [7] He considers the Mandarin language as the most complicated language to learn. [8] Chinese is also his favourite language. He is the only in-house translator of the European Commission who is trusted to translate classified Chinese documents. [9]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday nominated her candidates for posts in the EU executive. Each of the EU's 27 member states gets a seat at the Commission table. Poland ...
The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government , with a number of members of the Commission ( directorial system , informally known as "Commissioners") corresponding to two thirds of the number of member states , unless the European Council , acting unanimously, decides ...
This is a list of presidents of the institutions of the European Union (EU). Each of the institutions is headed by a president or a presidency, with some being more prominent than others. Both the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission are sometimes wrongly termed the President of the European Union. Most ...
After the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Ukraine should become a member of the European Union, the Ukrainian people belong to the European family, but there is a long way to go and the war must end. [186]
Margaritis Schinas (Greek: Μαργαρίτης Σχοινάς [marɣaˈritis sçiˈnas]; born 28 July 1962) is a Greek politician and former civil servant.He took office in December 2019 as a vice-president in the Von der Leyen Commission with the portfolio of European Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life.