The completed list of proposed new EU commissioners has enough women for the European Parliament to stamp their approval on the 28-strong team led by Jean-Claude Juncker. Romania finally decided on Thursday to send Socialist MEP Corina Cretu to meet Juncker on the post of commission, which raised the number to nine; coincidentally the minimum required by MEPs. Juncker has stated that he will be reshuffling portfolios and giving female commissioners better posts “as compensation” for being outnumbered by their male colleagues.
Commissioner nominees
Austria – Johannes Hahn, regional policy commissioner, 56, EPP
Belgium – Marianne Thyssen, MEP, 58, EPP
Bulgaria – Kristalina Georgieva, humanitarian aid commissioner, 61, EPP
Croatia – Neven Mimica, consumer affairs commissioner, 60, S&D
Cyprus – Christos Stylianides, MEP, 56, EPP
Czech Republic – Vera Jourova, regional development minister, 49, ALDE
Denmark – Margrethe Vestager, economy minister, 46, ALDE
Estonia – Andrus Ansip, former Prime Minister, 57, ALDE
Finland – Jyrki Katainen, former Prime Minister, 42, EPP
France – Pierre Moscovici, former finance minister, 56, S&D
Germany – Guenther Oettinger, energy commissioner, 60, EPP
Greece – Dimitris Avramopoulos, defence minister, 61, EPP
Hungary – Tibor Navracsics, foreign minister, 48, EPP
Ireland – Phil Hogan, former environment minister, 54, EPP
Italy – Federica Mogherini, foreign minister nominated for High Representative for foreign and security policy, 41, S&D
Latvia – Valdis Dombrovskis, former Prime Minister, 42, EPP
Lithuania – Vytenis Andriukaitis, former health minister for health, 63, S&D
Luxembourg – Jean-Claude Juncker, former Prime Minister, elected President of the EU commission, 59, EPP
Malta – Karmenu Vella, tourism minister, 64, S&D
Netherlands – Frans Timmermans, foreign minister, 53, EPP
Poland – Elzbieta Bienkowska, minister for infrastructure and development, 50, EPP
Portugal – Carlos Moedas, secretary of state dealing with troika, 43, EPP
Romania – Corina Cretu, MEP, 47, S&D
Slovakia – Maros Sefocvic, inter-institutional and anti-fraud commissioner, 48, S&D
Slovenia – Alenka Bratusek, Prime Minister, 44, ALDE
Spain – Miguel Arias Canete, former agriculture minister, 64, EPP
Sweden – Cecilia Malmstroem, home affairs commissioner, 46, ALDE
UK – Lord Hill, former leader of the House of Lords, 53, ECR
