European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen selected Kostas Kadis, the proposed Commissioner for Cyprus, as the next Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, as she announced today in Strasbourg.
‘I count on his experience to help build a resilient, competitive and sustainable sector and present the first European Oceans Pact’, Von der Leyen said.
On the sidelines of the plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, shortly after a meeting with the Conference of Presidents (the President of the European Parliament and the leaders of the political groups), Von der Leyen also announced the names of six executive vice presidents and the rest of the members of the College of Commissioners.
The six Executive Vice Presidents of the new Commission (four women, two men, three from pre-2004 member states and three from after the 2004 enlargement) will be:
– Teresa Ribera (Spain): Clean, Just and Competitive Transition. Also responsible for Competition policy and for ensuring the achievement of the goals
of the European Green Deal.
– Henna Virkkunen (Finland) Tech-Sovereignty, Security and Democracy. Also responsible for digital and frontier technologies.
– Stéphane Séjourné (France): Prosperity and Industrial Strategy. Also responsible for the Industry, SMEs and the Single Market.
– Kaja Kallas (Estonia): High Representative and Vice-President.
– Roxana Mînzatu (Romania): People, Skills and Preparedness. Responsible for skills, education and culture, quality jobs and social rights.
– Raffaele Fitto (Italy): Cohesion and Reforms. Dealing with cohesion policy, regional development and cities.
The rest of the Commissioners in the order announced by Von der Leyen are:
– Maroš Šefcovic (Slovakia): Trade and Economic Security.
– Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia): Economy and Productivity, also Commissioner for Implementation and Simplification.
– Dubravka Šuica (Croatia): Mediterranean, also responsible for the wider southern neighbourhood.
– Olivér Várhely (Hungary) Health and Animal Welfare.
– Wopke Hoekstr
a (Netherlands): Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth. He will continue to
– Andrius Kubilius (Lithuania): Defence and Space.
– Marta Kos (Slovenia, pending green light from the Slovenian Parliament): Enlargement, also responsible for Eastern neighbourhood.
– Jozef Síkela (Czechia): International Partnerships.
– Costas Kadis (Cyprus): Fisheries and Oceans.
– Maria Luís Albuquerque (Portugal): Financial Services and the Savings and Investment Union.
– Hadja Lahbib (Belgium): Preparedness and Crisis Management.
– Magnus Brunner (Austria): Internal Affairs and Migration.
– Jessika Roswall (Sweden): Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy.
– Piotr Serafin (Poland): Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration.
– Dan Jørgensen (Denmark) Energy and Housing.
– Ekaterina Zaharieva (Bulgaria): Startups, Research and Innovation.
– Michael McGrath (Ireland): Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law.
– Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Greece): Sustainable Transport and Tourism.
– Christophe Hans
en (Luxembourg): Agriculture and Food.
– Glenn Micallef (Malta) Intergenerational Fairness, Culture, Youth and Sport.
Source: Cyprus News Agency
