Vice President of the European Commission
The Vice-President of the European Commission is a member of the European Commission who represents the Commission President when he is unable to attend. The office is freely assigned by the commission president and is added to the other duties of the commission member. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is to Art. 18 TEU always also a Vice-President of the Commission.
Up until now, each commission had several vice-presidents. Normally, the President is represented by the First Vice-President; only if he is also absent does one of the other vice-presidents take over the management. The President of the Commission sets a certain order for this.
The office of Vice President is also associated with increased remuneration. While the usual commission members receive a gross base salary of 19,910 euros from the EU budget for their work , the vice-presidents receive 22,122 euros and the commission president 24,423 euros (as of July 2008).
Current officers
In the Von der Leyen Commission, the following persons assume the role of Vice-Presidents:
Executive Vice Presidents
- Frans Timmermans ( Netherlands , PES ): Commissioner for the European Green Deal
- Margrethe Vestager ( Denmark , ALDE ): Commissioner for Competition and Digital
- Valdis Dombrovskis ( Latvia , EPP ): Economic Commissioner
Vice President
- Josep Borrell ( Spain , PES ): EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
- Věra Jourová ( Czech Republic , ALDE ): Commissioner for Values and Transparency
- Margaritis Schinas ( Greece , EPP ): Commissioner for Migration, Equality and Diversity
- Maroš Šefčovič ( Slovakia , PES ): Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight
- Dubravka Šuica ( Croatia , EPP ): Commissioner for Democracy and Demography
Former public officials
In the Juncker Commission , six Commissioners were Vice-Presidents, representing the Commission President in the following order:
- Frans Timmermans ( Netherlands , PES ): Better Lawmaking, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Federica Mogherini ( Italy , PES ): High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy
- Andrus Ansip ( Estonia , ALDE ): Commissioner for the Digital Single Market , Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society
- Maroš Šefčovič ( Slovakia , PES ): Energy Union Commissioner
- Valdis Dombrovskis ( Latvia , EPP ): Commissioner for the euro and social dialogue
- Jyrki Katainen ( Finland , EPP ): Commissioner for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
Individual evidence
- ↑ Explanation of the salaries on the homepage of the European Commission according to Regulation 422/67 / EEC (PDF).
- ↑ dpa: The new commissioners: From old hands and newcomers - the new EU Commission . In: The time . November 27, 2019, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed December 1, 2019]).
- ↑ EurActiv , Nov. 27, 2009: [1] .