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Today marks the third day of the confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate, during which 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

Hadja Lahbib

Portfolio: Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management; Equality

Responsible committees

Committee on Development

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Contacts

Eoghan WALSH

(+32) 485 399443

EP_Development

Polona TEDESKO
(+32) 470 88 42 82
EP_Justice

Lieven COSIJN

(+32) 473 864 141

Isabelle ZERROUK

(+32) 470 88 02 62

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Barry ANDREWS (Renew, Ireland), Chair of the Committee on Development, Lina GÁLVEZ (S&D, Spain), Chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, Javier ZARZALEJOS (EPP, Spain), Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and 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.

9.00 – 12.00, room ANTALL 4Q2

Maria Luís Albuquerque

Portfolio: Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union

Responsible committee

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Contacts

Dorota KOLINSKA
(+32) 498 98 32 80
EP_Economics

Raquel LOPES

(+32) 477 99 14 95

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Aurore Lalucq (S&D, France), Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, will hold a press point after the hearing outside the meeting room.

Commissioner-designate Albuquerque 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 2Q2

Costas Kadis

Portfolio: Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans

Responsible committee

Committee on Fisheries

Contacts

Raquel LOPES

(+32) 477 99 14 95

EP_Fisheries

Kyriakos KLOSIDIS

(+32) 470 96 47 35

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Carmen Crespo Díaz (EPP, Spain), Chair of the Committee on Fisheries, 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 4Q2

Jozef Síkela

Portfolio: Commissioner for International Partnerships

Responsible committee

Committee on Development

Contacts

Eoghan WALSH

(+32) 485 399443

EP_Development

Hana RAISSI

(+32) 484 27 87 54

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Barry Andrews (Renew, Ireland), Chair of the Committee on Development, will hold a press point after the hearing outside the meeting room.

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

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

18.30 – 21.30, room ANTALL 2Q2

Andrius Kubilius

Portfolio: Commissioner for Defence and Space

Responsible committee

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Contacts:

Viktor ALMQVIST

(+32) 470 88 29 42

EP_ForeignAff

Baptiste CHATAIN

(+32) 498 98 13 37

EP_Industry

Gediminas VILKAS

(+32) 470 89 29 21

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18.30 – 21.30, room ANTALL 4Q2

Olivér Várhelyi

Portfolio: Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare

Responsible committee

Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Contacts:

Dana POPP

(+32) 470 95 17 07

EP_Environment

Hana RAISSI

(+32) 484 27 87 54

EP_Agriculture

Eszter ZALÁN

(+32) 477 99 20 73

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.