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Today is the fourth day of the confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate in which MEPs 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
Wopke Hoekstra
Portfolio: Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth
Responsible committees
Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Contacts
Thomas HAAHR
(+32) 470 88 09 87
Baptiste CHATAIN
(+32) 498 98 13 37
Lieven COSIJN
(+32) 473 864 141
You can watch the hearing live.
Press point
Antonio Decaro (S&D, Italy), Chair of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and 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. You can follow it live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS.
9.00 – 12.00, room ANTALL 4Q2
Marta Kos
Portfolio: Commissioner for Enlargement
Responsible committee
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Contacts
Viktor ALMQVIST
(+32) 470 88 29 42
Snjezana KOBESCAK SMODIS
(+32) 470 96 08 19
Polona TEDESKO
(+32) 470 88 42 82
You can watch the hearing live.
Press point
Commissioner-designate Marta Kos 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
Piotr Serafin
Portfolio: Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration
Responsible committee
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgetary Control
Contacts
Armin WISDORFF
(+32) 498 98 13 45
Janis KRASTINS
(+32) 473 33 25 36
Dorota KOLINSKA
(+32) 498 98 32 80
You can watch the hearing live.
Press point
Johan van Overtveldt (ECR, Belgium), Chair of the Committee on Budgets, and Niclas Herbst (EPP, Germany), Chair of the Committee on Budgetary Control, will hold a press point after the hearing outside the meeting room.
Commissioner-designate Piotr Serafin 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
Valdis Dombrovskis
Portfolio: Commissioner for Economy and Productivity; Implementation and Simplification
Responsible committee
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Legal Affairs
Contacts
John SCHRANZ
(+32) 498 98 14 02
Martina VASS
(+32) 477 99 11 57
You can watch the hearing live.
Press point
Aurore Lalucq (S&D, France), Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew, BG), Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, will hold a press point after the hearing outside the meeting room. You can follow it live on Parliament’s webstreaming and on EbS.
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