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Who will be in the Juncker Commission. Names (2 Sept) (updated)

Interview this Tuesday between JC Juncker and Jirki Katainen (credit: European Commission)
JC Juncker has promised to meet with each of the Commissioners-designate, here with Jyrki Katainen (credit: European Commission)

(BRUXELLES2 - exclusive) Here is the (almost definitive) list of Commissioners designated in the Juncker Commission which will officially take office on 1 November 2014. Only one question remains: Belgium. And a hesitation: Cyprus.

Country Confirmed Commissioner Label
Germany Yes Günther Oettinger PPE
Austria Yes Johannes Hahn PPE
Belgium Yes Marianne Thyssen PPE
Bulgaria Yes Kristalina Georgieva PPE
Cyprus Yes Christos Stylianides PPE
Croatia Yes Neven Nimica S & D
Denmark Yes Margrethe Vestager ALDE
Spain Yes Miguel Arias Canete PPE
Estonia Yes Andrus Ansip ALDE
Finland Yes Jyrki Katainen PPE
France Yes Pierre Moscovici S & D
Greece Yes Dimitris Avramopoulos PPE
Hungary Yes Tibor Navracsics PPE
Ireland Yes Phil Hogan PPE
Italy Yes Federica Mogherini S & D
Latvia Yes Valdis Dombrovskis PPE
Lithuania Yes Vytenis Andriukaitis S & D
Luxembourg Yes Jean-Claude Juncker PPE
Malta Yes Carmen Vella S & D
Netherlands Yes Frans Timmermans S & D
Poland Yes Elizabeth Bieńkowska PPE
Portugal Yes Carlos Moedas PPE
Rep. Czech Yes Vera Jourova
ALDE
Romania Yes Corina Cretu S & D
United Kingdom Yes Lord Jonathan Hill ECR
Slovakia Yes Maros Sefkovic S & D
Slovenia Yes Alenka Bratusek ALDE
Sweden Yes Cecilia Malmstrom ALDE

In total, the new college includes 9 women (with Belgium which ended up nominating a candidate). And a clear majority on the right. But a commission made up of strong elements (many former Prime Ministers and Ministers of Foreign Affairs or the Economy) and one or two weak points (the Maltese, the Romanian, in particular). Read Full analysis with statistics The Juncker Commission (free access for a few days)

(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)

Read also about the Club: Juncker begins to audition his commissioners (subscribers)

Updated September 4 (with confirmation from the Belgian candidate)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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