Following the resignation of Alenka Bratušek as Vice-President designate of the next European Commission and the designation of Violeta Bulc by the Slovenian government, the Council, by common accord with Jean-Claude Juncker, President-elect of the Commission, adopted a new list of persons for appointment as members of the Commission until 31 October 2019.

This decision, which was adopted today by written procedure, will be forwarded to the European Parliament.

The new list is as follows:

Mr Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS (Lithuania)

Mr Andrus ANSIP (Estonia)

Mr Miguel ARIAS CAÑETE (Spain)

Mr Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS (Greece)

Ms Elżbieta BIEŃKOWSKA (Poland)

Ms Violeta BULC (Slovenia)

Ms Corina CREŢU (Romania)

Mr Valdis DOMBROVSKIS (Latvia)

Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA (Bulgaria)

Mr Johannes HAHN (Austria)

Mr Jonathan HILL (United Kingdom)

Mr Phil HOGAN (Ireland)

Ms Věra JOUROVÁ (Czech Republic)

Mr Jyrki KATAINEN (Finland)

Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM (Sweden)

Mr Neven MIMICA (Croatia)

Mr Carlos MOEDAS (Portugal)

Mr Pierre MOSCOVICI (France)

Mr Tibor NAVRACSICS (Hungary)

Mr Günther OETTINGER (Germany)

Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ (Slovakia)

Mr Christos STYLIANIDES (Cyprus)

Ms Marianne THYSSEN (Belgium)

Mr Frans TIMMERMANS (The Netherlands)

Mr Karmenu VELLA (Malta)

Ms Margrethe VESTAGER (Denmark)

in addition to:

Ms Federica MOGHERINI (Italy), appointed High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy by the European Council on 30 August 2014, in agreement with the President-elect of the Commission.

The Treaty on European Union (article 17/7) provides that:

“The Council, by common accord with the President-elect, shall adopt the list of the other persons whom it proposes for appointment as members of the Commission. They shall be selected, on the basis of the suggestions made by member states, in accordance with the criteria set out in paragraph 3, second subparagraph, and paragraph 5, second subparagraph. The President, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the other members of the Commission shall be subject as a body to a vote of consent by the European Parliament. On the basis of this consent the Commission shall be appointed by the European Council, acting by a qualified majority.”