The powers of European Commissioner Maria Gabriel, who resigned to form a government in Bulgaria, have been split between two vice-presidents, Margrethe Vestager and Margaritis Schinas, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday. Der Leyen.
Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager will be in charge of innovation and research, while Greece’s Margaritis Schinas will be in charge of education, culture and youth. Maria Gabriel was to be presented to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Ruman Rathe this Monday to receive the mandate of establishment to form the government.
“He therefore resigned as a member of the College of Commissioners. I have accepted this resignation“, Ms. von der Leyen said in a press release. Germany warmly thanked the Bulgarian commissioner who joined the Juncker Commission in 2017 for his work.I am sure that his European experience will serve the country well in this Commissioner’s College and before.“, Mrs. van der Leyen added.
Maria Gabriel, 43, is former prime minister Boiko Borissov’s candidate and leader of the conservative Jerb party, which narrowly won legislative elections in early April. She will have the difficult task of forming a government in the poorest country in the European Union for a fifth term starting in 2020, more than a month after elections.
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