Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and "Doing Less More Efficiently" Biographies of the newly appointed members Toomas VITSUT (Estonia) He is a Member of the Estonian Centre Party and Chairman of the European Union Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). He has also been Chairman of the City Council of Tallinn since 2005 and is also a former member of the Committee of the Regions. Reinhold LOPATKA (Austria) He is a leader of the parliamentary group of the Austrian Peoples' Party and Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on EU affairs of the National Council of the Austrian Parliament. He was a former State Secretary within the Federal Ministry of Finance and later in the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs. Kristian VIGENIN (Bulgaria) He is a member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party and Chair of the Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of the European Funds of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. He is also a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, and a former Member of the European Parliament. Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ (Belgium) He has been President of the Committee of the Regions since July 2017 and was previously its First Vice-President. He was also Minister-President of the German- Speaking Community of Belgium from 1999-2014, and is currently a member of the Belgian Senate representing the German-Speaking Community of Belgium. Michael SCHNEIDER (Germany) He is a Member of the Committee of the Regions and State Secretary, Representative of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt to the Federal Government. He is a President of the European People's Party political group in the Committee of the Regions. François DECOSTER (France) He is a Member of the Committee of the Regions and Vice-President of the Nord-Pas-de- Calais-Picardie Regional Council and a Mayor of Saint-Omer (France). He is a Vice- President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe political group in the Committee of the Regions. He has been a diplomatic adviser and political strategist with extensive knowledge of public policy. .