- Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef Sicily should become European Commissioner for Energy, according to Die Welt.
- If Die Welt’s information is confirmed, the Czech Republic will get the area it wanted for the European Commissioner.
- Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) will not comment on Die Welt’s information about the energy portfolio for Síkela. Not all information that emerges is accurate, the spokeswoman said.
- Italian Raffaele Fitto from the Brothers of Italy party of the current Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni should become the vice-chairman of the EC and at the same time the commissioner for the economy and recovery after the covid-19 pandemic.
- The future commissioners will still have to undergo hearings before the relevant committees of the European Parliamentwhich are usually rejected by some of the candidates.
- Then they have to talk about von der Leyn’s team the EP plenum vote as a whole.
According to WELT, the head of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen has already made the first important decision in the selection of 26 European Commissioners. He is expected to announce the full list for the new leadership of the European Commission by the end of this week at the latest.
In the past, Síkela repeatedly spoke about the fact that the key issue for the country’s future is innovationamong others in fields connected with the development of renewable energy sources and other low-carbon sources. Síkela also supports investments in the development of nuclear energy.
“The prime minister will not comment on the ongoing selection of the commissioner. Not all information that appears in the media space is accurate. However, he has been discussing the economic portfolio with Ursula von der Leyen from the beginning,” government spokeswoman Lucie Ješátková told ČTK. “Until the composition of the future European Commission is officially published, I will not comment on ongoing speculations,” Vojtěch Srnka, a spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Trade, also said.
Jakub Michálek, chairman of the Pirates parliamentary committee, would consider the energy portfolio for Síkela a great success for the Czech Republic. “The minister can advocate for the improvement of the European energy market so that we can manage economic shocks and be able to support households in a targeted manner. It is the result of our European and foreign policy and the EU presidency, when we stopped just criticizing, but actively participated in the direction of Europe,” said ČTK.
Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of STAN Vít Rakušan ČTK reported that he has not confirmed the information, so he would not like to comment on it. The vice-chairman of the opposition ANO Karel Havlíček told ČTK that he will not comment on the news until it is confirmed. “It wouldn’t be fair,” stated
Reconstruction of Ukraine
It has been clear for a long time that the new head of EU diplomacy will be former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, who has already received the necessary support from the presidents and prime ministers of the EU countries, will become
Former Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, according to Die Welt, will take over as vice-chairman of the Commission on Union Enlargement and the Reconstruction of Ukraine, which has been in place since February 2022 prevents armed Russian aggression. Teresa Ribera, who is currently the Spanish Minister of the Environment, will have as vice-president of the commission in charge of social, digital and ecological transformation, the Frenchman Thierry Breton is to lead the area of industry and strategic autonomy, and the European commissioner for trade will probably be the Dutchman Wopke Hoekstra.
Men will predominate
It is also clear according to Die Welt that von der Leyen will lead a commission that will be dominated by men. Not all states listened to her wish to propose both a male and a female candidate. She chose 12 women and 15 men for the commission that von der Leyen created in her first term.
But before the candidates take their seats in the European Commission, they will first be heard by the European Parliament in the autumn. Síkela was proposed as European Commissioner by the government of Petr Fiala.
