European Parliament elects the von der Leyen Commission

European Parliament approved the new Commissioners, presented to plenary by Commission President-elect von der Leyen today.  

MEPs approved the new College of Commissioners with 461 votes in favour, 157 against and 89 abstentions.

Schuman Associates prepared this graphic to provide you the general overview of the new European Commission portfolios and their Commissioners-designate, as well as their official services and most recent responsibilities:

The new Commissioners will be in charge of making decisions on key EU strategies and policies, propose laws, funding programmes and annual budgets for discussion and adoption by Parliament and the Council. Moreover, they will be in charge of the different EU funding programmes including Horizon Europe, European Structural and Investment Funds and EU External Aid funding instruments. If you want to learn about the most important portfolios dealing with EU funding programs check the article we prepared few days ago here. 

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