European Commissioner for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy

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The Commissioner for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy is a member of the European Commission. The post is currently held by Stéphane Séjourné, appointed on December 2024.

Responsibilities

The portfolio concerns the development of the 480-million-strong European single market, promoting free movement of people, goods, services, and capital. Thus, it is clearly a leading role but has become more complex as the single market for services has developed. A large area of work is now financial services, a politically sensitive topic for some member states. The Commissioner controls the Directorate-General for Internal Market and Services, Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market.[1][2]

Elżbieta Bieńkowska (2014–2019)

Elżbieta Bieńkowska is a former Polish regional development minister and a deputy prime minister. A self-described technocrat, she was appointed by the European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.

Michel Barnier (2010–2014)

Barnier's appointment was controversial for some. His nomination came after the late 2000s recession led to criticism of bankers by many. Especially in France, there was a desire to more regulate the financial services sector, which in Europe is largely based around the City of London. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's declaration that Barnier's (then French foreign minister) appointment as Internal Market Commissioner was a "victory" produced considerable worry in the UK that France would use Barnier to push French-inspired restrictive regulation upon the UK's financial centre. Although he said that "we need to turn the page on an era of irresponsibility; we need to put transparency, responsibility and ethics at the heart of the financial system", he has tried to soothe worries in the UK and has reiterated his independence from national influence.[3]

Charlie McCreevy (2004–2010)

Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Charlie McCreevy's stated priorities were:[4]

  • To maximize the potential of the Internal Market to boost growth and employment.
  • To eliminate remaining barriers to an effectively functioning internal market for services across member states.
  • To deepen the integration of Europe's capital markets and improve its financial infrastructure so that the cost of capital is reduced, the inefficiencies of fragmentation are minimised and competition is intensified, to the overall benefit of Europe's economy.
  • To ensure that existing internal market rules are properly enforced.
  • To improve public procurement procedures to ensure that the European taxpayer gets value for money.
  • To ensure an effective framework for the protection of intellectual property rights to encourage innovation in the new knowledge economy.

Directives McCreevy was involved with include the directives on:

Frits Bolkestein (1999–2004)

Commissioner Frits Bolkestein (Netherlands) served in the Prodi Commission between 1999 and 2004. In addition to holding the Internal Market portfolio, he also held Taxation and Customs Union. His head of cabinet was Laurs Nørlund.

Bolkestein is most notable for the Directive on services in the internal market, which is commonly called the "Bolkestein Directive". The directive aimed at enabling a company from one member state to recruit workers in another member state under the law of the company's home state. It was to help the development of the internal market for services, the development of which has lagged behind that for goods.

However, there was a great deal of concern about its effect on social standards and welfare, triggering competition between various parts of Europe. This led to significant protests across Europe against the directive, including a notable protest at the European Parliament in Strasbourg by port workers, which led to damage to the building. MEPs eventually reached a compromise on the text and the Parliament adopted it on 12 December 2006; 2 years after Bolkestein left office, under the Barroso Commission.

List of commissioners

# Name Country Period Commission
1 File:Piero Malvestiti, cropped from Installatie van de nieuwe autoreitiet van de EKSG te Luxemburg, vlnr D Spie, Bestanddeelnr 910-6765.jpg Piero Malvestiti Template:Flagcountry 1958–1959 Hallstein Commission I
2 File:Giuseppe Caron datisenato 1963.jpg Giuseppe Caron Template:Flagcountry 1959–1963 Hallstein Commission I & II
3 File:Guido Colonna.jpg Guido Colonna di Paliano Template:Flagcountry 1964–1967 Hallstein Commission II
4 File:HansvonderGroben1965.jpg Hans von der Groeben Template:Flagcountry 1967–1970 Rey Commission
5 File:ETH-BIB-Wilhelm Haferkamp, ehemaliger Vizepräsident der Europäischen Kommission-Com LC1500-0959-001.tif Wilhelm Haferkamp Template:Flagcountry 1970–1973 Malfatti Commission, Mansholt Commission
6 File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F057701-0015, Berlin, Grüne Woche.jpg Finn Olav Gundelach Template:Flagcountry 1973–1977 Ortoli Commission
7 File:Etienne Davignon1.jpg Étienne Davignon Template:Flagcountry 1977–1981 Jenkins Commission
8 File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F041436-0007, Hamburg, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Narjes.jpg Karl-Heinz Narjes Template:Flagcountry 1981–1985 Thorn Commission
9 Lord Cockfield Template:Flagcountry 1985–1989 Delors Commission I
10 File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F074377-0010, Bonn, FDP-Bundestagswahlparty, Bangemann (cropped).jpg Martin Bangemann Template:Flagcountry 1989–1994 Delors Commission II & III
11 Raniero Vanni d'Archirafi Template:Flagcountry 1992–1994 Delors Commission III
12 File:Mario Monti 2002 (cropped).jpg Mario Monti Template:Flagcountry 1994–1999 Santer Commission
13 File:Frits Bolkestein 1999.jpg Frits Bolkestein Template:Flagcountry 1999–2004 Prodi Commission
14 File:Charlie McCreevy, September 2004 03 (cropped).jpg Charlie McCreevy Template:Flagcountry 2004–2010 Barroso Commission I
15 File:Michel Barnier EP 1.jpg Michel Barnier Template:Flagcountry 2010–2014 Barroso Commission II
16 File:Informal meeting of defence ministers (FAC). Handshake Jüri Luik, Elżbieta Bieńkowska and Federica Mogherini (36937778341) (cropped).jpg Elżbieta Bieńkowska Template:Flagcountry 2014–2019 Juncker Commission
17 File:Hearing of Commissioner-designate Thierry Breton (49068069128) (cropped).jpg Thierry Breton Template:Flagcountry 2019–2024 Von der Leyen Commission I
18 File:Séjourné EC Portrait 2024 (cropped).jpg Stéphane Séjourné Template:Flagcountry Since 2024 Von der Leyen Commission II

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Who’s who in the new Commission, Financial Times, November 2009
  2. ↑ My mandate, European Commission
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