The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced her proposal to the European Parliament for the composition of the new European Commission for a five-year term of office (2024-2029), with the Greek proposed Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas taking the portfolio of Sustainable Transport and Tourism.

He will be responsible for the mobility of goods and people in the European Union, "areas that are essential for competitiveness,"  said von der Leyen.

The re-elected Commission President's proposal includes six Executive Vice Presidents. Among them, the French Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné is proposed for the portfolio of industrial strategy, while the Italian Raffaele Fito is proposed for the portfolio of cohesion and reforms.

THE FULL LINEUP

• Ursula von der Leyen (Germany): European Commission President
• Teresa Ribera (Spain): Executive Vice-President for the Clean, Just and Competitive Transition
• Henna Virkkunen (Finland): Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy
• Stéphane Séjourné (France): Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy
• Roxana Mînzatu (Romania): Executive Vice-President for People, Skills and Preparedness
• Raffaele Fitto (Italy): Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms
• Kaja Kallas (Estonia): High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy
• Magnus Brunner (Austria): Internal Affairs and Migration
• Hadja Lahbib (Belgium): Preparedness, Crisis Management. Equality
• Ekaterina Zaharieva (Bulgaria): Startups, Research and Innovation
• Dubravka Šuica (Croatia): Mediterranean
• Costas Kadis (Cyprus): Fisheries and Oceans
• Jozef Síkela (Czech Republic): International Partnerships
• Dan Jørgensen (Denmark): Energy and Housing
• Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Greece): Sustainable Transport and Tourism
• Olivér Várhelyi (Hungary): Health and Animal Welfare
• Michael McGrath (Ireland): Democracy, Justice and Rule of Law
• Valis Dombrovskis (Latvia): Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification
• Andrius Kubilius (Lithuania): Defense and Space
• Christophe Hansen (Luxembourg): Agriculture and Food
• Glenn Micallef (Malta): Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport
• Wopke Hoekstra (Netherlands): Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth
• Piotr Serafin (Poland): Budget, Anti-fraud, Public Administrations
• Maria Luís Albuquerque (Portugal): Financial Services
• Roxana Mînzatu (Romania): People, Skills and Preparedness
• Maroš Šefčovič (Slovakia): Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency
• Marta Kos (Slovenia): Enlargement
• Jessika Roswall (Sweden): Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy