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CURRENT AFFAIRS

L-R: a resilient, competitive, and sustainable sector sioner for Energy and Housing. His work will
Apostolos and present the first European Oceans Pact. help to bring down energy prices, invest in
Tzitzikostas, Maria Luís Albuquerque (Portugal) will be the clean energy, and ensure that the EU cuts its
Costas Kadis
Commissioner for Financial Services and dependencies. He will be the first-ever Com-
Credit: the Savings and Investment Union, which missioner for Housing taking into account all
EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET will be vital in strengthening and completing aspects from energy efficiency to investment
/ POOL
the Capital Markets Union while ensuring and construction.
that private investment powers the EU’s Ekaterina Zaharieva (Bulgaria) will be the Com-
productivity and innovation. missioner for Research and Innovation. We
Hadja Lahbib (Belgium) will be the Commissioner must put research, innovation, science, and
for Preparedness and Crisis Management. technology at the centre of our economy. She
This is another new portfolio which will look will help ensure that the EU invests more and
at resilience, preparedness, and civil pro- focuses its spending on strategic priorities
tection. She will be responsible for leading and groundbreaking innovation.
efforts on crisis management and humani- Michael McGrath (Ireland) will be the Commis-
tarian aid. sioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of
Magnus Brunner (Austria) will be the Commis- Law. He has been entrusted with the respon-
sioner for Internal Affairs and Migration. sibility to take forward the European Democ-
He will focus on the implementation of the racy Shield. He will also lead the work on the
Pact on Asylum and Migration, but also on rule of law, anti-corruption, and consumer
strengthening the EU borders and develop- protection.
ing a new internal security strategy. Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Greece) will be the Com-
Jessika Roswall (Sweden) will be the Commis- missioner for Sustainable Transport and Tour-
sioner for Environment, Water Resilience ism. He will be responsible for the mobility of
and a Competitive Circular Economy. She goods and people.
will have the important job of helping pre- Christophe Hansen (Luxemburg) will be the Com-
serve the environment and putting nature missioner for Agriculture and Food. He will
on the balance sheet. She will help develop have the task of bringing the reports and
a more circular and more competitive econ- recommendations of the Strategic Dialogue
omy. She will also lead the work on water to life. Moreover, based on the Strategic Dia-
resilience, which is a big priority for the years logue, he will develop a Vision for Agriculture
ahead. and Food in the first 100 days of the mandate.
Piotr Serafin (Poland) will be the Commissioner Glenn Micallef (Malta) will be Commissioner for
for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Adminis- Intergenerational Fairness, Culture, Youth
tration. He will focus on preparing the next and Sport. Intergenerational fairness is a
long-term budget, and ensure the EU has a cross-cutting topic that affects all of us – and
modern financial system to deliver. especially young people.
Dan Jørgensen (Denmark) will be the Commis-

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