Kommissionen von der Leyen II

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Working nine to five, it’s not a way to make a living. At least, if you’re a woman, your terms and conditions in Europe may not be as good as your male counterparts. The Euranet Plus radio network brought you a live studio debate from the European Parliament to discuss EU labour markets.

Get the guest list, the audio and video recordings of the debate and all other details at euranetplus-inside.eu/citizens-corner-debate-on-gender-eq...

Part 1/2 | Croatian | moderator Barbara Peranić | guests:

- Biljana BORZAN, MEP, Croatia, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, @BiljanaBorzan - Dubravka ŠUICA, MEP, Croatia, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) @dubravkasuica - Ivan JAKOVČIĆ, MEP, Croatia, Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, @IvanJakovcic

Before the European Parliament can vote the new European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen into office, parliamentary committees will assess the suitability of commissioners-designate.

On 23-26 May, more than 200,000,000 people in 28 EU countries went to the polls to elect members of the European Parliament, giving them a strong democratic mandate, including voting into office the new European Commission and examining the competencies and abilities of its commissioners-designate. Elected members of the European Parliament will also listen to their ideas and will assess their willingness to take concrete actions on the issues that Europeans care about.

Each candidate commissioner is invited for a live-streamed, three-hour hearing in front of the committee or committees responsible for their proposed portfolio. The hearings will take place between Monday 30 September and Tuesday 8 October.

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The Internal Market and the Industry committees questioned Thierry Breton, candidate for the Internal Market portfolio.

The presidents and political groups’ coordinators from both committees will meet at 17.00 to assess the performance of the Commissioner-designate.

Digital, environmental and social challenges

In his introductory speech, Mr Breton spoke of the digital, environmental and social challenges the EU is facing and how he plans to address them during his mandate. The digital transformation and climate change will be high on his agenda, in line with President-elect Ursula von der Leyen’s priorities.

Mr Breton said that 5G, blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud and quantum technologies would enable the EU to be a “key industrial player”. He defended “ambitious industrial policies”, which should also be socially responsible, in order “not to leave anyone behind”.

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