The Commissioners-designate for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton of France, for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Olivér Várhelyi of Hungary, and for Transport, Adina-Ioana Vălean of Romania, received their mission letters on Thursday 7 November for the future 'von der Leyen' Commission.
The process of hearings in the European Parliament will now be triggered, beginning with the declarations of financial interest to the Committee on Legal Affairs.
The timetable is firming up. The candidates’ declarations of interest were sent to the MEPs on Thursday, and on the basis of these declarations the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) will debate and vote on Tuesday 12 November.
The hearings for the three candidates in front of the relevant Parliamentary Committees will be able to take place from 14 November. The results of the hearings will be communicated to the Conference of Committee Chairs which will be invited to review them on Tuesday 19 November. If all goes smoothly, the Conference of Chairs of Political Groups will be able to declare the matter closed on 21 November.
The vote in Parliamentary Plenary session on the entire 'von der Leyen' Commission is planned for 27 November.
On the other hand, the Commission had not received a reply on Thursday to its letter asking the United Kingdom authorities to propose one or more candidate Commissioners in the event that the 'von der Leyen' team takes up its duties before Brexit is achieved. See the mission letters of the three Commissioners-designate: https://bit.ly/34Ig8ft (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens and Mathieu Bion)