Its president was Jean-Claude Juncker, who presided over 27 other commissioners (one from each of the states composing the European Union, except Luxembourg, which is Juncker's state).In July 2014, Juncker was officially elected to succeed José Manuel Barroso, who completed his second … For the first time in history, this new Commission is the most gender-balanced, consisting of … If approved by the European Parliament, her new team will take office on November 1, 2019. On 2 July 2019, the European Council adopted the decision proposing Ursula von der Leyen to the European Parliament as candidate for President of the European Commission. Europe in 2019 will not just be the year of Brexit. The New European Commission 2019-2024 September 16, 2019 EU Public Policy On September 10, Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, presented her new team.

In a … Ursula von der Leyen has been confirmed as the European commission’s first female president and the first German in the job for more than 50 years.. The five vice-presidents named by von der Leyen are: Josep Borrell (Spain, current Spanish Foreign Minister): HR/VP-designate, A Stronger Europe in the World; This Alert outlines the proposed structure of the new Commission, each Commissioner’s portfolio, and the key regulatory priorities that the President set for each member of her team.

The new leadership of the European Commission has officially assumed office yesterday, Sunday, 1 December 2019, for a five-year term. EU Commission President-designate Ursula von der Leyen (C) arrives to attend the conference of Presidents of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 19 September 2019. If approved by the European Parliament, they will take over from the Juncker Commission on November 1, 2019. The new president will take office when the new Commission is established. European Commission President-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, has made public the assignments of all the portfolios to the Commissioners-designate, completing the puzzle of the 2019-2024 college of Commissioners. The new President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and her team of The European Parliament expects the new EU Commission to start work with at least a month's delay after MEPs rejected three candidate-commissioners, the institution's spokesman said Wednesday. The proposed candidate was elected by the European Parliament on 16 July 2019.

THE NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION THE NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION 2019-2024 The European Parliament confirmed the new class of European Commissioners with 461 votes in favour, 157 against and 89 abstentions on 27 November 2019. It will also witness the election of a new European Parliament (“EP”), the choice of a new president of the European Commission and of a new Commission, as well as the appointment of a new president of the European Council and of the European Central Bank. The newly assembled College of Commissioners obtained a comfortable majority in an approval vote in the European Parliament plenary session on Wednesday, 27 November 2019. The European Commission's incoming president Ursula von der Leyen has released the names of her new team, with a number of appointments in particular standing out. The Juncker Commission was the European Commission in office since 1 November 2014 to 30 November 2019. The new European Commission, headed by Ursula von der Leyen, assumed office on 1 December, and there are early signs that Africa will begin near the top of their foreign policy priorities. Last year, after months of difficult negotiations the Members of the European Parliament – MEPs – elected the new European Commission (Commission) for the next mandate 2019-2024.