Ursula von der Leyen’s new Commission just narrowly misses out on an even split by gender. The percentage of female candidates is currently 48%.
Austria: Johannes Hahn,
Belgium: Didier Reynders,
Bulgaria: Mariya Gabriel,
Croatia: Dubravka Šuica,
Cyprus: Stella Kyriakides,
Czech Republic: Věra Jourová,
Denmark: Margrethe Vestager,
Estonia: Kadri Simson,
Finland: Jutta Urplainen,
France: Sylvie Goulard,
Greece: Margaritis Schinas,
Hungary: László Trócsányi,
Ireland: Phil Hogan,
Italy: Paolo Gentiloni,
Latvia: Valdis Dombrovskis,
Lithuania: Virginijus Sinkievičius,
Luxembourg: Nicolas Schmit,
Malta: Helena Dalli,
The Netherlands: Frans Timmermans,
Poland: Janusz Wojciechowski,
Portugal: Elisa Ferreira,
Romania: Rovana Plumb,
Slovakia: Maroš Šefčovič,
Slovenia: Janez Lenarčič,
Sweden: Ylva Johansson.
The new commissioners will begin their posts on 1 November.
Several of the proposed candidates are facing criticism, such as the Hungarian commissioner László Trócsányi, who helped carry out heavily criticised justice reform. Polish candidate Janusz Wojciechowski is facing an enquiry for financial irregularities, while the Romanian candidate Rovana Plumb has been making headlines with corruption allegations.
On Tuesday, Ursula von der Leyen will confirm the allocations for each post in a press conference.
The candidates must then face questions from the EU Parliament at the end of September, to allow voting to go ahead in Strasbourg. The Commission will be officially announced at the European Council summit in October.
