CE: Dacian Ciolos designated for the portfolio of Agriculture and Rural Development

The President has held detailed consultations with all the Commissioners designate in order to assign the right jobs to the right people, says a press-release of the Commisssion.

The new Commission must gain approval from the European Parliament before it takes office for a term of office running until 31 October 2014. Commissionersdesignate will appear in individual hearings before Parliamentary committees from 11-19 January. The vote of consent on the new Commission as a whole is foreseen to take place on 26 January. On the basis of the vote of consent, the Commission shall be appointed by the European Council. Then it can start working.

The new College will have 7 Vice-Presidents, including Vice-President Baroness Catherine Ashton who will, at the same time, be the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December next. Three of the Vice-Presidents will be women.

The Romanian government appointed Ciolos for the agriculture portfolio on the 12th of  October.