President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled his team and the new shape of the next European Commission on Wednesday (10 September).

According to the Luxemburger, a revamped structure for the new Commission will enable it to be ‘big on big, and small on small things’, break down silo mentalities and detach Commissioners from national interests.

The assignation of portfolios reveals a new priority-focused Commission composition, with seven Vice-Presidents. Despite Juncker’s claim that “there are no first or second-class Commissioners – there are team leaders and team players”, the Vice-presidents will for example have the right to veto projects of fellow Commissioners.

Former Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip has been put forward as Commission Vice-president for the Digital Single Market. He will work closely with German Commissioner-designate Günther Oettinger, who currently holds the Energy portfolio in the incumbent Commission. Oettinger is lined up to lead DG Connect (Communications Networks, Content and Technology), with the inclusion of audiovisual, media and copyright policies.

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Tibor Navracsics has been assigned the Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship portfolio. Trade issues will be in the hands of Swede Cecilia Malmström, who is in charge of Justice and Home Affairs in the incumbent Commission.

Rumours that the 'Enlargement' portfolio has disappeared have been quashed with the nomination of current Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn as Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations.

The European Parliament now has to give its consent to the entire College of Commissioners. The Parliament will audition the nominees from late September to mid-October and vote on 22 October.

The new Commission will take office on 3 November if the Parliament approves of Juncker’s plan. Previous parliamentary ‘grillings’ have usually left one or two Commission-designates on the sidelines, so changes can be expected.

Full list of Commissioner-designates (political group and nationality in brackets):

• Jean-Claude Juncker (EPP - Luxembourg), President of the European Commission
• Federica Mogherini (S&D - Italy), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President
• Frans Timmermans (S&D - Netherlands), First Vice-President, in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
• Kristalina Georgieva (EPP - Bulgaria), Vice-President for Budget and Human Resources
• Andrus Ansip (ALDE - Estonia), Vice-President for the Digital Single Market
• Alenka Bratušek (ALDE – Slovenia), Vice-President for Energy Union
• Valdis Dombrovskis (EPP - Latvia), Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue       
• Jyrki Katainen (EPP – Finland), Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
• Phil Hogan (EPP – Ireland ), Agriculture and Rural Development
• Miguel Arias Cañete (EPP-Spain), Climate Action and Energy
• Margrethe Vestager (ALDE – Denmark), Competition
• Günther Oettinger (EPP - Germany), Digital Economy and Society
• Pierre Moscovici (S&D - France), Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Union
• Tibor Navracsics (EPP - Hungary), Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship
• Marianne Thyssen (EPP - Belgium), Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
• Karmenu Vella  (S&D – Malta), Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries    
• Johannes Hahn (EPP - Austria), European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations
• Jonthan Hill (ECR – United Kingdom), Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
• Vytenis Andriukaitis (S&D – Lithuania), Health and Food Safety
• Christos Stylianides (EPP – Cyprus), Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management
• Elżbieta Bieńkowska (EPP – Poland), Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
• Neven Mimica (S&D – Croatia), International Cooperation and Development
• Věra Jourová (ALDE – Czech Republic), Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
• Dimitris Avramopoulos (EPP – Greece), Migration and Home Affairs
• Corina Crețu (S&D – Romania), Regional Policy
• Carlos Moedas (EPP – Portugal), Research, Science and Innovation
• Cecilia Malmström (ALDE, Sweden), Trade
• Maroš Šefčovič (EPP – Slovakia), Transport and Space

The mission letters of the Commissioner-designates can be found on the European Commission's website.