Malta ngħatat wieħed mill-portafolli l-inqas kruċjali tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea fit-tim il-ġdid imħabbar mill-president Ursula von der Leyen.
Glenn Micallef, l-eks kap tal-istaff tal-Prim Ministru Robert Abela, se jinħatar Kummissarju għall-Ġustizzja Interġenerazzjonali, Żgħażagħ, Kultura u Sport.
Iż-żgħażagħ u l-isport kienu parti mill-portafoll ta’ Iliana Ivanova, u kien jinkludi wkoll l-innovazzjoni, riċerka, kultura u edukazzjoni.
Micallef huwa wkoll wieħed mill-iżgħar kummissarji nominati, għadu irid jgħaddi mill-proċess ta’ skrutinju mill-kumitati responsabbli tal-MPEs u jiġi vvutat mill-plenarja.
Il-Prim Ministru Robert Abela qal fuq X li jinsab ferħan li Micallef ġie fdat b’portafoll importanti. “L-UE għandha impatt sinifikanti fuq in-nies, partikolarment fuq iż-żgħażagħ, il-kultura u l-isport. Mument ta’ kburija għal Malta hekk kif in-nominat tagħna jieħu rwol ewlieni biex jifforma l-futur tal-Ewropa.”
Von der Leyen ħabbret dak li ddeskriviet bħala struttura iżgħar u aktar interkonnessa ta' 27 kummissarju, kollha nominati minn kull stat membru individwali tal-UE.
Bħala għan biex tinkiseb il-bilanċ bejn is-sessi, hija qalet li 11-il mara (40%) se jkunu parti mit-tim, dan bis-saħħa tat-talba tagħha minn kull stat membru biex jinnomina kummissarju ġdid ta’ kull sess.
Il-kummissjoni l-ġdida kif proposta dalgħodu mill-President tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea, tmur hekk:
Ursula von der Leyen (Germany): European Commission President
Teresa Ribera (Spain): Executive Vice-President for the Clean, Just and Competitive Transition
Henna Virkkunen (Finland): Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy
Stéphane Séjourné (France): Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy
Roxana Mînzatu (Romania): Executive Vice-President for People, Skills and Preparedness
Raffaele Fitto (Italy): Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms
Kaja Kallas (Estonia): High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy
Magnus Brunner (Austria): Internal Affairs and Migration
Hadja Lahbib (Belgium): Preparedness, Crisis Management. Equality
Ekaterina Zaharieva (Bulgaria): Startups, Research and Innovation
Dubravka Šuica (Croatia): Mediterranean
Costas Kadis (Cyprus): Fisheries and Oceans
Jozef Síkela (Czech Republic): International Partnerships
Dan Jørgensen (Denmark): Energy and Housing
Apostolos Tzitzikostas (Greece): Sustainable Transport and Tourism
Olivér Várhelyi (Hungary): Health and Animal Welfare
Michael McGrath (Ireland): Democracy, Justice and Rule of Law
Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia): Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification
Andrius Kubilius (Lithuania): Defense and Space
Christophe Hansen (Luxembourg): Agriculture and Food
Glenn Micallef (Malta): Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport
Wopke Hoekstra (Netherlands): Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth
Piotr Serafin (Poland): Budget, Anti-fraud, Public Administrations
Maria Luís Albuquerque (Portugal): Financial Services
Roxana Mînzatu (Romania): People, Skills and Preparedness
Maroš Šefčovič (Slovakia): Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency
Marta Kos (Slovenia): Enlargement
Jessika Roswall (Sweden): Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Econom
