Commissioner Hearings

Catherine Ashton (United Kingdom), Commissioner-Designate and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (seated at front), (panel, r-l) Dominique Baudis MEP (EPP Group, France), Ioan Mircea Pascu MEP, both Vice-Chairmen of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Gabriele Albertini MEP (EPP Group, Italy), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and two members of the Committee secretariat

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l-r: Elmar Brok MEP (Germany), EPP Group Coordinator in the Foreign Affairs Committee, Arnaud Danjean MEP (EPP Group, France), Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence, Mário David MEP (EPP Group, Portugal) and Carlo Casini MEP, Head of the Italian Delegation (UDC) of the EPP Group

Commissioner Hearings

l-r: Ioannis Kasoulides MEP (Cyprus), Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Tunne Kelam MEP (EPP Group, Estonia) and Gunnar Hökmark MEP (Sweden), Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group, attend the Hearing of Commissioner-Designate and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton

Commissioner Hearings

r-l: Jean-Luc Dehaene MEP (EPP Group), former Prime Minister of Belgium, Alain Lamassoure MEP (EPP Group, France), Chairman of the Budgets Committee of the European Parliament, and Janusz Lewandowski (Poland), Commissioner-Designate for Budgets

Commissioner Hearings

László Surján MEP (Hungary), EPP Group Coordinator in the Budgets Committee and EP Rapporteur for the 2010 Budget (on the left), and Janusz Lewandowski (Poland), Commissioner-Designate for Budgets

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Janusz Lewandowski (Poland), Commissioner-Designate for Budgets, and Alain Lamassoure MEP (EPP Group, France), Chairman of the Budgets Committee of the European Parliament (on the right)

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Salvador Garriga Polledo MEP (Spain), EPP Group Coordinator in the Budgets Committee of the European Parliament

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Karel De Gucht (Belgium), Commissioner-Designate for Trade, and Cristiana Muscardini MEP (EPP Group, Italy), Vice-Chairwoman of the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament (on the panel)

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Daniel Caspary MEP (Germany), EPP Group Coordinator in the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament, attends the Hearing of Karel De Gucht, Commissioner-Designate for Trade

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Inge Gräßle MEP (Germany), EPP Group Coordinator in the Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament, attends the Hearing of Algirdas Šemeta, Commissioner-Designate for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud

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Algirdas Šemeta (Lithuania), Commissioner-Designate for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud, and Jean-Pierre Audy MEP (EPP Group, France), Vice-Chairman of the Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament (left on the panel)

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Viviane Reding (Luxembourg), Commissioner-Designate for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, and Klaus-Heiner Lehne MEP (EPP Group, Germany), Chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament

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Simon Busuttil MEP (Malta), EPP Group Coordinator in the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, and Wim van de Camp MEP (EPP Group, Netherlands) attend the Hearing of Viviane Reding, Commissioner-Designate for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship

Commissioner Hearings

Štefan Füle (Czech Republic), Commissioner-Designate for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy (seated at front), Gabriele Albertini MEP (EPP Group, Italy), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (middle, on the panel), Ioan Mircea Pascu MEP, Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and a member of the Committee secretariat

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José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra MEP (Spain), EPP Group Coordinator in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, attends the hearing of Štefan Füle, Commissioner-Designate for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy

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Joaquín Almunia (Spain), Commissioner-Designate for Competition

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Rumiana Jeleva (Bulgaria), Commissioner-Designate for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response (seated at front), and Michèle Striffler MEP (EPP Group, France), Vice-Chairwoman of the Development Committee of the European Parliament

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László Andor (Hungary), Commissioner-Designate for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (seated at front), and Thomas Mann MEP (EPP Group, Germany), Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament

Commissioner Hearings

Csaba Ory MEP (Hungary), EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament, and Elisabetta Gardini MEP (EPP Group, Italy) attend the Hearing of László Andor, Commissioner-Designate for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

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Janez Potocnik (Slovenia), Commissioner-Designate for Environment

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Richard Seeber MEP (Austria) (on the left) and Peter Liese MEP (Germany), EPP Group Coordinators in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament, attend the Hearing of Janez Potocnik, Commissioner-Designate for Environment

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Michel Barnier (France), Commissioner-Designate for the Internal Market and Services

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Michel Barnier (France), Commissioner-Designate for the Internal Market and Services (back to camera), (front row, l-r) Andreas Schwab MEP (Germany), EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection of the European Parliament, Malgorzata Handzlik MEP (EPP Group, Poland) and Wim van de Camp MEP (EPP Group, Netherlands)

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Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (Ireland), Commissioner-Designate for Research, Innovation and Science (seated at front), Herbert Reul MEP (EPP Group, Germany), Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the European Parliament, and members of the Committee secretariat (on the panel)

Press Conference

József Szájer MEP (Hungary), Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, briefs the press on the general conduct of the Commissioner Hearings

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Günther H Oettinger (Germany), Commissioner-Designate for Energy (seated at front), Herbert Reul MEP (EPP Group, Germany), Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the European Parliament, and a member of the Committee secretariat (on the panel)

Commissioner Hearings

Pilar del Castillo Vera MEP (Spain), EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the European Parliament (on the left), and Bendt Bendtsen MEP (EPP Group, Denmark) attend the Hearing of Günther H Oettinger, Commissioner-Designate for Energy

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Pilar del Castillo Vera MEP (Spain), EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the European Parliament, and other Members of the EPP Group attend the Hearing of Günther H Oettinger, Commissioner-Designate for Energy

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Alejo Vidal Quadras MEP (EPP Group, Spain), Vice-President of the European Parliament, and other Members of the EPP Group attend the Hearing of Günther H Oettinger, Commissioner-Designate for Energy

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Corien Wortmann-Kool MEP (Netherlands) and József Szájer MEP (Hungary), both Vice-Chairpersons of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, attend the Hearing of Siim Kallas, Commissioner-Designate for Transport

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Siim Kallas (Estonia), Commissioner-Designate for Transport, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch MEP (EPP Group, Germany), Vice-Chairman of the Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament, and a member of the Committee secretariat (on the panel)

Commissioner Hearings

Androulla Vassiliou (Cyprus), Commissioner-Designate for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, (panel, l-r) Doris Pack MEP (EPP Group, Germany), Chairwoman of the Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament, Helga Trüpel MEP, Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee on Culture and Education, and Pervenche Berès MEP, Chairwoman of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee

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Seán Kelly MEP (EPP Group, Ireland) and Marco Scurria MEP (EPP Group, Italy) attend the Hearing of Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner-Designate for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth

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l-r: Cristina Gutiérrez Cortines MEP (EPP Group, Spain), John Dalli (Malta), Commissioner-Designate for Health and Consumer Policy, David Casa MEP and Simon Busuttil MEP (both EPP Group, Malta)

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Lambert van Nistelrooij MEP (Netherlands), EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament (2nd from left), Johannes Hahn (Austria), Commissioner-Designate for Regional Policy (2nd from right), Richard Seeber MEP (Austria), EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament (on the right), and Paul Rübig MEP (EPP Group, Austria)

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Johannes Hahn (Austria), Commissioner-Designate for Regional Policy (seated at front), and Danuta Hübner MEP (EPP Group, Poland), Chairwoman of the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament

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Neelie Kroes (Netherlands), Commissioner-Designate for Digital Agenda, Herbert Reul MEP (EPP Group, Germany), Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the European Parliament, and a member of the Committee secretariat (on the panel)

Press Briefing

Lívia Jároká MEP (EPP Group, Hungary) speaks to the press on the anti-Roma remarks of Commissioner-Designate Maroš Šefcovic

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Dacian Ciolos (Romania), Commissioner-Designate for Agriculture and Rural Development

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Mairead McGuinness MEP (EPP Group, Ireland) attends the Hearing of Commissioner-Designate for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Ciolos

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Herbert Dorfmann MEP (EPP Group, Italy) (on the right) and Albert Deß MEP (Germany), EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament, attend the Hearing of Commissioner-Designate for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Ciolos

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Karl-Heinz Florenz MEP (EPP Group, Germany), EP Rapporteur on Climate Change, and Connie Hedegaard (Denmark), Commissioner-Designate for Climate Action

Commissioner Hearings

l-r: Corien Wortmann-Kool MEP (Netherlands), Vice-Chairwoman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament and Member of the official EP delegation to the Copenhagen Summit, Richard Seeber MEP (Austria), EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety of the European Parliament, and Connie Hedegaard (Denmark), Commissioner-Designate for Climate Action

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Connie Hedegaard (Denmark), Commissioner-Designate for Climate Action

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Carlo Casini MEP, Head of the Italian Delegation (UDC) of the EPP Group in the European Parliament and Chairman of the EP Committee on Constitutional Affairs, questions Maroš Šefcovic (Slovakia), Commissioner-Designate for Inter-institutional Relations and Administration

Commissioner Hearings

Vito Bonsignore MEP (Italy), Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament (on the right), and Antonio Tajani (Italy), Commissioner-Designate for Industry and Entrepreneurship

Commissioner Hearings

Herbert Reul MEP (EPP Group, Germany), Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the European Parliament (on the right), and Antonio Tajani (Italy), Commissioner-Designate for Industry and Entrepreneurship

Commissioner Hearings

Vito Bonsignore MEP (Italy), Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament (on the right), and Antonio Tajani (Italy), Commissioner-Designate for Industry and Entrepreneurship

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Carmen Fraga MEP (EPP Group, Spain), Chairwoman of the Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament, and Maria Damanaki (Greece), Commissioner-Designate for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

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Manfred Weber MEP (Germany), Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, and Cecilia Malmström (Sweden), Commissioner-Designate for Home Affairs

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Cecilia Malmström (Sweden), Commissioner-Designate for Home Affairs, and Kinga Gál MEP (EPP Group, Hungary), Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament

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Maria Damanaki (Greece), Commissioner-Designate for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Carmen Fraga MEP (EPP Group, Spain), Chairwoman of the Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament

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Gay Mitchell MEP (Ireland), EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Development of the European Parliament, welcomes Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria), Commissioner-Designate for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response

Commissioner Hearings

Filip Kaczmarek MEP (Poland), EPP Group Coordinator in the Committee on Development of the European Parliament, welcomes Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria), Commissioner-Designate for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response

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Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria), Commissioner-Designate for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response

Commissioner Hearings

Kristalina Georgieva (Bulgaria), Commissioner-Designate for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, is heard by the Development Committee of the European Parliament

Commissioner Hearings

Filip Kaczmarek MEP (Poland) (on the left) and Gay Mitchell MEP (Ireland), both EPP Group Coordinators in the Development Committee of the European Parliament