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===Appointment===
[[File:European Commission Room (Open Day) 1.jpg|thumb|upright|Floor 13 of the Berlaymont, Commission's meeting room]]
The [[President of the European Commission|President of the Commission]] is appointed in an [[indirect election]]. The candidate is first selected by the [[European Council]], according to the [[Voting in the Council of the European Union|Qualified Majority Vote]] (QMV), taking into account the latest [[Elections in the European Union|parliamentary elections]] (any person from the largest party can be picked<ref>{{Cite web |first=Jorg |last=Himmelreich |title=Ursula von der Leyen's EU nomination is a win for Emmanuel Macron DW 05.07.2019 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/ursula-von-der-leyens-eu-nomination-is-a-win-for-emmanuel-macron/a-49494510 |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=DW |language=en-GB |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325224810/https://www.dw.com/en/ursula-von-der-leyens-eu-nomination-is-a-win-for-emmanuel-macron/a-49494510 |url-status=live }}</ref>). That candidate then faces [[Approval voting|approval]] by the [[European Parliament]]. If the European Parliament fails to elect the candidate, the European Council shall propose another within one month.<ref name="Article 17:7 TEU" /><ref name="Schütze 2012">{{cite book|last1=Schütze|first1=Robert|title=European Constitutional Law|url=https://archive.org/details/europeanconstitu0000schu/page/99/mode/2up|date=2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0521-73275-8|pages=99–100, 118}}</ref>

Following the selection of the President, and the appointment of the [[High Representative]] by the European Council, each [[European Commissioner|Commissioner]] is proposed by their member state (except for those states who provided the President and High Representative) in consultation with the Commission President and the [[Council of the European Union]], who formally adopts the list of candidates. The President's proposed College of Commissioners is then subject to hearings at the [[European Parliament]] which will question them and then vote on their suitability as a whole. If the European Parliament submits a negative opinion of a candidate, the President must either reshuffle them or request a new candidate from the member state to avoid the college's outright rejection by the European Parliament. Once the college is approved by parliament, it is formally appointed following a QMV vote by the [[European Council]].<ref name="Article 17:7 TEU" />

Following the college's appointment, the President appoints a number of [[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-presidents]] from among the commissioners. Vice-presidents manage policy areas involving multiple Commissioners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Commissioners |url=https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=European Commission |language=en}}</ref> One of these includes the [[High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy|High Representative]], who is automatically one of the Vice-presidents [[Ex officio member|''ex officio'']] rather than by appointment and confirmation. Commonly referred to as the 'HR/VP' position, the High Representative also coordinates commissioners' activities involving the external relations and defence cooperation of the European Union. The [[Von der Leyen Commission I|von der Leyen Commission]] also created the position of more senior [[Vice-President of the European Commission|Executive Vice-presidents]], appointed from the three largest political groups in the European Parliament. Unlike the other vice-presidents, their mission is to manage the incumbent Commission's top priority policy areas, for which they receive additional support from a dedicated [[Directorate-General]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-04 |title=The Working Methods of the von der Leyen Commission |url=https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/what-european-commission-does/delivering-political-priorities/working-methods-von-der-leyen-commission_en |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=European Commission |language=en}}</ref>