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First Year of the Barrosso II Commission Buhl & Rasmussen 03/02-2011 First year of the Barrosso II Commission The second Barroso Commission was elected by Parliament on 9 February 2010 and has now been in office for almost a year. We have collected figures from the official EU-websites in an attempt to measure the legislative activity of the 27 Commissioners, their administrative work and the amount of communication to the press. The figures show significant variation between the different Commissioners. Findings Not surprisingly the Commission President Barroso can be found in the overall top. Olli Rehn (Economic and Monetary Affairs) and Dacian Cioloş (Agriculture and Rural Development) are very active within all three fields. In the opposite end with a low level of activity we find Maroš Šefčovič (Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration), Connie Hedegaard (Climate Action) and Kristalina Georgieva (International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response). The reason for the low activity level of the three may come as a result of their relatively light portfolios. Approach First we have measured the level of legislative activity using data from the EU-database PreLex. Second we have measured the amount of work done in the departments under each Commissioner using data taken from the European Commission document register. The third search has been performed using the Rapid database of press releases. Buhl & Rasmussen www.buhlrasmussen.eu | tlf. (+45) 2680 9492 | Drogdensgade 16 3.tv, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark | [email protected] Máire Geoghegan-Quinn 03/02-2011 Kristalina Georgieva Joaquín Almunia Connie Hedegaard Johannes Hahn Neelie Kroes Günther Oettinger Maroš Šefčovič Štefan Füle Antonio Tajani Androulla Vassiliou Janez Potočnik Viviane Reding John Dalli Siim Kallas Andris Piebalgs Buhl & Rasmussen Catherine Ashton Prelex documents Prelex Michel Barnier László Andor Janusz Lewandowski www.itsyourparliament.eu Cecilia Malmström Algirdas Šemeta José Manuel Barroso Dacian Cioloş Maria Damanaki Karel De Gucht Olli Rehn 0 30 20 10 70 60 50 40 90 80 Lexfollows all proposals Commission (legislative and budgetary dossiers, conclusions of 100 www.buhlrasmussen.eu | tlf. (+45) 2680 9492 | Drogdensgade 16 3.tv, 2300CopenhagenS, Denmark | [email protected] | tlf. 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We performed a search for area the ofcompetence of each restrictedCommissioner tothe periodfrom Buhl & Rasmussen Buhl & Rasmussen 03/02-2011 Register of Political Prelex Commission Rapid Press Portfolio Name Country group search documents Releases International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva Bulgaria EPP 6 126 131 Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn Ireland ELDR 6 469 1301 Climate Action Connie Hedegaard Denmark EPP 7 0 64 Vice-President; Competition Joaquín Almunia Spain PSE 8 1221 3024 Regional Policy Johannes Hahn Austria EPP 9 814 1754 Vice-President; Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes Netherlands ELDR 11 206 178 Energy Günther Oettinger Germany EPP 15 318 728 Vice-President; Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration Maroš Šefčovič Slovakia PSE 16 10 56 Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle Czech Republic PSE 17 166 151 Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Androulla Vassiliou Cyprus 19 625 98 Vice-President; Industry and Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani Italy EPP 19 682 1759 Environment Janez Potočnik Slovenia ELDR 24 303 1573 Health and Consumer Policy John Dalli Malta EPP 25 3148 131 Vice-President; Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding Luxembourg EPP 25 381 161 Buhl & Rasmussen www.buhlrasmussen.eu | tlf. (+45) 2680 9492 | Drogdensgade 16 3.tv, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark | [email protected] Buhl & Rasmussen 03/02-2011 Vice-President; Transport Siim Kallas Estonia ELDR 28 279 3060 Development
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