European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity
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The European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity is the member of the European Commission responsible for economic and financial affairs. The position was previously titled Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro[1] and European Vice President for the Euro and Social Dialogue from 2014 to 2019. The current executive vice president is Valdis Dombrovskis (EPP).
Responsibilities
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The DG responsible to the Commissioner is the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, headed by Marco Buti.
There are a number of other economic-related Commissioner positions in the college:
- Industry and Entrepreneurship – Office abolished
- Internal Market – Office vacant
- Competition – currently Margrethe Vestager
- Trade – currently Valdis Dombrovskis
- Economy – currently Paolo Gentiloni
- Financial Programming and the Budget – currently Johannes Hahn
- Energy – currently Kadri Simson
- Consumer Protection – Office abolished
There have been suggestions from politicians such as Ségolène Royal that there should be an economic government for the eurozone,[3] and at the start of the Barroso Commission Germany suggested an economic "super-commissioner"[4] – which could see a change in this position. That idea however was dropped but the Enterprise and Industry Commissioner was strengthened in response.[5]
In October 2011 the position gained added responsibility for the euro, particularly eurozone reform and bail outs, and was made a vice president.[1]
List of commissioners
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As Economic and Finance Commissioner, Robert Marjolin served in both Hallstein Commissions and Henning Christophersen served in all three Delors Commissions.
See also
- Economy of the European Union
- Eurozone & Euro
- European Central Bank
- European Union Budget
- OLAF
- European Court of Auditors
- Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
References
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- ↑ a b José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Speech by President Barroso: Briefing on the conclusions of the European Council of 23 and 26 October 2011 European Parliament Strasbourg, 27 October 2011, European Commission
- ↑ Who’s who in the new Commission, Financial Times November 2009
- ↑ Royal v Sarkozy: The policies BBC News
- ↑ 'Big three' strike deal on super commissioner, French VAT cuts, 1% ceiling Template:Webarchive EurActiv.com
- ↑ THE NEW COMMISSION – SOME INITIAL THOUGHT Template:Webarchive BM Brussels
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External links
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