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The confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate will continue today. MEPs will evaluate whether the Commissioners-designate are qualified both to be a member of the College and to carry out the particular duties to which they have been assigned.

Find more detailed information about the hearings process and how to follow them.

All hearings are public and can be followed live on Parliament’s webstreaming and Ebs/Ebs+.

Find additional information also on Parliament’s dedicated website on the hearings.

Find press releases on the hearings.

Today’s hearings schedule is as follows:

9.00 – 12.00, room ANTALL 2Q2

Michael McGrath

Portfolio: Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, and the Rule of Law

Responsible committees

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Committee on Legal Affairs

Contacts

Kyriakos KLOSIDIS

(+32) 470 96 47 35

EP_Justice

Martina VASS

(+32) 477 99 11 57

EP_Legal

Eoghan WALSH

(+32) 485 399443

You can watch the hearing live.

Javier ZARZALEJOS (EPP, Spain), Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and Anna CAVAZZINI (Greens/EFA, Germany), Chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection will hold a press point after the hearing outside the meeting room.

Commissioner-designate Michael McGrath will also talk to the press after the hearing.

You can follow their statements live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS.

9.00 – 12.00, room ANTALL 4Q2

Ekaterina Zaharieva

Portfolio: Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

Responsible committee

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Contacts

Baptiste CHATAIN

(+32) 498 98 13 37

EP_Industry

Yasmina YAKIMOVA

(+32) 470 88 10 60

You can watch the hearing live.

Commissioner-designate Ekaterina Zaharieva will hold a press point after the hearing outside the meeting room. You can follow it live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS.

14.30 – 17.30, room ANTALL 2Q2

Dan Jørgensen

Portfolio: Commissioner for Energy and Housing

Responsible committee

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Contacts

Baptiste CHATAIN

(+32) 498 98 13 37

EP_Industry

Lieven COSIJN

(+32) 473 864 141

EP SocialAffairs

Thomas HAAHR
(+32) 470 88 09 87

You can watch the hearing live.

Borys BUDKA (EPP, Poland), Chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, and

Li ANDERSSON (The Left, Finland), Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, will hold a press point after the hearing outside the meeting room.

Commissioner-designate Dan Jørgensen will also talk to the press after the hearing.

You can follow their statements live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS.

14.30 – 17.30, room ANTALL 4Q2

Dubravka Šuica

Portfolio: Commissioner for Mediterranean

Responsible committee

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Contacts

Viktor ALMQVIST

(+32) 470 88 29 42

EP_ForeignAff

Snjezana KOBESCAK SMODIS

(+32) 470 96 08 19

EP_ForeignAff

You can watch the hearing live.

18.30 – 21.30, room ANTALL 2Q2

Jessika Roswall

Portfolio: Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

Responsible committee

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Contacts:

Dana POPP

(+32) 470 95 17 07

EP_Environment

Viktor ALMQVIST

(+32) 470 88 29 42

You can watch the hearing live.

Antonio DECARO (S&D, Italy), Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, will hold a press point after the hearing outside the meeting room. You can follow it live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS.

18.30 – 21.30, room ANTALL 4Q2

Magnus Brunner

Portfolio: Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration

Responsible committee

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Contacts:

Janne OJAMO

(+32) 470 89 21 92

EP_Justice

Polona TEDESKO
(+32) 470 88 42 82
EP_Justice

Michaela FINDEIS

(+32) 498 98 33 32

You can watch the hearing live.

Javier ZARZALEJOS (EPP, Spain), Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, will hold a press point after the hearing outside the meeting room. You can follow it live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS.