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The Implementers 27 November – 31 December 2019 Green Deal – The Implementers 27 November – 31 December 2019 ”I want the European Green Deal to become Europe’s hallmark. At the heart of it is our commitment to becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent. It is also a long-term economic imperative: those who act first and fastest will be the ones who grasp the opportunities Renew from the ecological transition. I want Europe to be EPP S&D Europe the front-runner. I want Europe to be the exporter of knowledge, technologies and best practice.” — Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission Bjoern Seibert TBD Lorenzo Mannelli Klaus Welle François Roux Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen Head of cabinet Secretary General Head of cabinet Secretary General Head of cabinet Secretary General Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans will coordinate the work on the European Green Deal. Ursula von der Leyen David Sassoli Charles Michel ECR EPP Renew Europe AGRI Janusz Wojciechowski Maciej Golubiewski Jerzy Bogdan Plewa Norbert Lins Tereza Pinto De Rezende Jari Juhani Leppä Sanna-Helena Fallenius Commissioner Head of Cabinet Director General AGRI Committee Chair AGRI Secretariat Minister of Agriculture Permanent Representation Renew ECR Europe ENER Kadri Simson Stefano Grassi Ditte Juul-Jørgensen Zdzisław Krasnodębski TBD Sanna Ek-Husson ITRE Secretariat S&D Commissioner Head of Cabinet Director General ITRE Acting Committee Chair Permanent Representation with ENVI with ENVI Pascal Renew Sara Blau Canfin Europe MARE Greens/EFA Bernhard Friess Chris Davies Claudio Quaranta Riitta Rahkonen Frans Greens/EFA Director General PECH Committee Chair PECH Secretariat Permanent Representation Timmermans Krista Mikkonen Minister of Environment and Climate Virginijus Sinkevičius Marius Vaščega ENV Commissioner Head of Cabinet Daniel Calleja Crespo Antonios Sfakiotakis Director General Permanent Representation Diederik Samsom Head of Cabinet S&D Renew Europe CLIMA Frans Timmermans Diederik Samsom Mauro Petriccione Pascal Canfin Sarah Blau Laura Aho Commissioner Head of Cabinet Director General ENVI Committee Chair ENVI Secretariat Permanent Representation Sarah Nelen Deputy head of cabinet EPP GUE/NGL SANTE Stella Kyriakides Giorgos Rossides Anne Bucher Aino-Kaisa Ilona Pekonen Ulla Elisa Kristiina Närhi Commissioner Head of Cabinet Director General Minister of Social Affairs and Health Permanent Representation EPP Greens/EFA S&D MOVE Adina-Ioana Vălean Walter Goetz Henrik Hololei Karima Delli Klaus Baier Sanna Mirella Marin Erik Asplund Commissioner Head of Cabinet Director General TRAN Committee Chair TRAN Secretariat Minister of Transport and Communications Permanent Representation This document only compiles publicly available information on the date of its release and not does pretend to be exhaustive (e.g. some artistic license was exercised to simplify its visual appearance). visual simplifyits to exercised was license artistic some (e.g. exhaustive be to pretend does not and release its of date the on information available publicly compiles only document This appointments. with future changes in line frequent will be subject to content Its Digital Age – The Implementers 27 November – 31 December 2019 ”Digitalisation has a huge impact on the way we live, work and communicate. In some fields, Europe has to catch up – like for business to consumers – while in others we are frontrunners – such as in business to business. We have to make our single market fit for the digital age, we need Renew to make the most of artificial intelligence and big data, EPP S&D Europe we have to improve on cybersecurity and we have to work hard for our technological sovereignty.” — Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission Bjoern Seibert TBD Lorenzo Mannelli Klaus Welle François Roux Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen Head of cabinet Secretary General Head of cabinet Secretary General Head of cabinet Secretary General Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager will coordinate the agenda on a Europe fit for the digital age. Ursula von der Leyen David Sassoli Charles Michel Renew S&D Europe COMP Margrethe Vestager Kim Jørgensen Cecilio Madero Villarejo Irene Tinagli Claudia Lindemann Renew Commissioner Head of Cabinet Director General ECON Committee Chair ECON Secretariat Europe Katri Kulmuni Jenni Hakala Internal Minister of Economy Permanent Representation Market Timo Pesonen Greens/EFA Renew Director General Europe S&D Petra de Sutter Panos Konstantopoulos CONNECT IMCO Committee Chair IMCO Secretariat with ITRE with ITRE Thierry Breton Fabrice Comptour Roberto Viola Zdzisław TBD Sanna Mirella Marin Kristiina Pietikäinen Margrethe Commissioner Transition Team Leader Director General Krasnodębski Minister of Transport and Communications Permanent Representation Vestager with ITRE with ITRE Zdzisław Renew TBD Renew Defence Krasnodębski Europe Europe Industry & Space TBD Nathalie Loiseau Maximilian Schroeder Antti Kaikkonen Director General SEDE Committee Chair SEDE Secretariat Minister of Defense Kim Jørgensen Head of Cabinet RTD Jean-Eric Paquet ECR Renew Paula Laine-Nordström Director General Europe Permanent Representation Christiane Canenbley EPP Deputy head of cabinet Zdzisław Krasnodębski TBD Hanna Kosonen JRC ITRE Acting Committee Chair ITRE Secretariat Minister of Science and Culture Mariya Gabriel Lora Borissova Vladimír Šucha Commissioner Head of Cabinet Director General with EMPL with EMPL EPP Lucia Ďuriš Andreas GUE/NGL Nicholsonová Hubert EAC Themis Christophidou Sabine Verheyen Nils Danklefsen Li Andersson Heidi Sulander Director General CULT Committee Chair CULT Secretariat Education Minister Permanent Representation This document only compiles publicly available information on the date of its release and not does pretend to be exhaustive (e.g. some artistic license was exercised to simplify its visual appearance). visual simplifyits to exercised was license artistic some (e.g. exhaustive be to pretend does not and release its of date the on information available publicly compiles only document This appointments. with future changes in line frequent will be subject to content Its People-Centered Economy – The Implementers 27 November – 31 December 2019 ”We have a unique social market economy. It is the source of our prosperity and social fairness. This is all the more important when we face a twin transition: climate and digital. Valdis Dombrovskis will lead our work to bring together the social Renew and the market in our economy.” EPP S&D Europe — Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis will coordinate the work on an Economy that Works for People. Bjoern Seibert TBD Lorenzo Mannelli Klaus Welle François Roux Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen Head of cabinet Secretary General Head of cabinet Secretary General Head of cabinet Secretary General Ursula von der Leyen David Sassoli Charles Michel Renew Europe ECFIN TBD Katri Kulmuni Katri Aho S&D Director General Minister of Economy Permanent Representation S&D Paolo Gentiloni Marco Buti TAXUD Commissioner Head of Cabinet Stephen Quest Irene Tinagli Claudia Lindemann Renew Sami Koskinen Director General ECON Committee Chair ECON Secretariat Europe Permanent Representation EPP Mika Lintilä FISMA EPP Minister of Finances Valdis Dombrovskis Michael Hager Oliver Guersent Katri Aho Commissioner Head of Cabinet Director General Permanent Representation EPP S&D S&D Valdis TRADE Dombrovskis Ville Skinnari Phil Hogan Peter Power Sabine Weyand Bernd Lange Martti Kalaus Minister of Development Cooperation Sanna Selin Commissioner Head of Cabinet Director General INTA Committee Chair INTA Secretariat and Foreign Trade Permanent Representation S&D ECR S&D EMPL Michael Hager Head of Cabinet Nicolas Schmit Antoine Kasel Joost Korte Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová Andreas Huber Timo Olavi Harakka Jenni Heikka Commissioner Head of Cabinet Director General EMPL Committee Chair EMPL Secretariat Minister of Employment Permanent Representation REGIO S&D Marc Lemaître GUE/NGL S&D Director General Structural Elisa Ferreira Hugo Sobral Younous Omarjee Stephen Salter Tytti Tuppurainen Pasi Rantahalvari Reform Commissioner Head of Cabinet REGI Committee Chair REGI Secretariat Minister of European Affairs Permanent Representation Support TBD Director General This document only compiles publicly available information on the date of its release and not does pretend to be exhaustive (e.g. some artistic license was exercised to simplify its visual appearance). simplify to its exercised was some artistic license (e.g. be exhaustive to and not does pretend its release of information on the date publicly available This document only compiles appointments. with future changes in line frequent will be subject to content Its.
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