(AGENPARL) – gio 07 novembre 2024 None [1] Press service ** European Parliament **
07-11-2024 None [2] EP TODAY None [3], Thursday, 7 November
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 [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*
Wopke Hoekstra*
Portfolio: Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth
Responsible committees*
Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [9]
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy [10]
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs [11]
Contacts
None [12]/ Thomas HAAHR /
None [13]/ EP_Environment /
None [14]/ Baptiste CHATAIN /
None [15]/ EP_Industry /
None [16]/ Lieven COSIJN /
You can watch the hearing live [17] .
Press point*
Antonio Decaro [18] (S&D, Italy), Chair of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and Aurore Lalucq [19] (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 [20] and on EbS [21] .
9.00 – 12.00, room ANTALL 4Q2*
Marta Kos*
Portfolio: Commissioner for Enlargement
Responsible committee*
Committee on Foreign Affairs [22]
Contacts
None [23]/ Viktor
ALMQVIST /
None [24]/ EP_ForeignAff /
None [25]/ Snjezana
KOBESCAK SMODIS /
None [26]/ EP_ForeignAff /
None [27]/ Polona
TEDESKO /
You can watch the hearing live [28] .
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 [29] and on EbS [30] .
14.30 – 17.30, room ANTALL 2Q2*
Piotr Serafin*
Portfolio: Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration
Responsible committee*
Committee on Budgets [31]
Committee on Budgetary Control [32]
Contacts
None [33]/ Armin
WISDORFF /
None [34]/ EP_Budgets /
None [35]/ Janis
KRASTINS /
None [36]/ EP_budgcontrol /
None [37]/ Dorota KOLINSKA /
You can watch the hearing live [38] .
Press point*
Johan van Overtveldt [39] (ECR, Belgium), Chair of the Committee on Budgets, and Niclas Herbst [40] (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 [41] and on EbS [42] .
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 [43]
Committee on Legal Affairs [44]
Contacts
None [45]/ John SCHRANZ /
None [46]/ EP_Economics /
None [47]/ Martina VASS /
None [48]/ EP_Legal /
You can watch the hearing live [49] .
Press point*
Aurore Lalucq [50] (S&D, France), Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and Ilhan Kyuchyuk [51] (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 [52] and on EbS [53] .
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