(AGENPARL) – mer 06 novembre 2024 None [1] Press service ** European Parliament **
06-11-2024 None [2] EP TODAY None [3], Wednesday, 6 November
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 [4] and how to follow them.
All hearings are public and can be followed live on Parliament’s webstreaming [5] and Ebs/Ebs+ [6] .
Find additional information also on Parliament’s dedicated website on the hearings [7] .
Find press releases on the hearings [8] .
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 [9]
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality [10]
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs [11]
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [12]
Contacts
None [13]/ Eoghan WALSH /
None [15]/ EP_Development /
None [16]/
/ /P/ None [17]/olona TEDESKO/ /
/* None [18]/EP_Justice/
None [19]/ Lieven COSIJN /
/ I / None [20]/ sabelle ZERROUK /
Watch the hearing live [21] .
Barry ANDREWS [22] (Renew, Ireland), Chair of the Committee on Development, Lina GÁLVEZ [23] (S&D, Spain), Chair of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, Javier ZARZALEJOS [24] (EPP, Spain), Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and Antonio DECARO [25] (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 [26] and on EbS [27] .
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 [28]
Contacts
None [29]/Dorota KOLINSKA/ /
/* None [30]/EP_Economics/
None [31]/ Raquel LOPES /
Watch the hearing live [32] .
Aurore Lalucq [33] (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 [34] and on EbS [35] .
14.30 – 17.30, room ANTALL 2Q2*
Costas Kadis*
Portfolio: Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans
Responsible committee*
Committee on Fisheries [36]
Contacts
None [37]/ Raquel LOPES /
None [38]/ EP_Fisheries /
None [39]/ Kyriakos KLOSIDIS /
Watch the hearing live [40] .
Carmen Crespo Díaz [41] (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 [42] and on EbS [43] .
14.30 – 17.30, room ANTALL 4Q2*
Jozef Síkela*
Portfolio: Commissioner for International Partnerships
Responsible committee*
Committee on Development [44]
Contacts
None [45]/ Eoghan WALSH /
None [47]/ EP_Development /
None [48]/ Hana RAISSI /
Watch the hearing live [49] .
Barry Andrews [50] (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 [51] and on EbS [52] .
18.30 – 21.30, room ANTALL 2Q2*
Andrius Kubilius*
Portfolio: Commissioner for Defence and Space
Responsible committee*
Committee on Foreign Affairs [53]
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy [54]
Contacts:
None [55]/ Viktor ALMQVIST /
None [56]/ EP_ForeignAff /
None [57]/ Baptiste CHATAIN /
None [58]/ EP_Industry /
None [59] Gediminas VILKAS
Watch the hearing live [60] .
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 [61]
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development [62]
Contacts:
None [63]/ Dana POPP /
None [64]/ EP_Environment /
None [65]/ Hana RAISSI /
None [66]/ EP_Agriculture /
None [67]/ Eszter ZALÁN /
Watch the hearing live [68] .
Antonio DECARO [69] (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 [70] and on EbS [71] .
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