Editing European Commission (section)

===Ursula von der Leyen===
[[File:(Ursula_von_der_Leyen)_2019.07.16._Ursula_von_der_Leyen_presents_her_vision_to_MEPs_2_(cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Incumbent [[Ursula von der Leyen|President von der Leyen]]]]
{{main|Von der Leyen Commission I|Von der Leyen Commission II}}

In 2019, [[Ursula von der Leyen]] was appointed as President of the European Commission. She submitted the guidelines of her policy to the [[European Parliament]] on 16 July 2019, following her confirmation. She had not been considered a likely candidate (in general, the elected candidate is determined, according to the results of the [[Elections to the European Parliament|European election]], as winner of the internal election into the dominant European party known as "{{lang|de|[[spitzenkandidat]]}}"). While the [[European People's Party]] had won the European Parliament election, they had performed worse than expected and therefore nominated von der Leyen instead of [[Manfred Weber]], their original candidate. On 9 September, the [[Council of the European Union]] declared a list of candidate-commissioners, which are sent to Brussels by the governments of each member state and which had to be officially approved by the parliament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Formation of von der Leyen Commission advances |publisher=European Commission|date=9 September 2019|url=https://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-19-5537_en.htm|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910213153/https://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-19-5537_en.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2024, Von der Leyen revealed her new team of European Commissioners, marking a shift to a "leaner" and more interconnected structure. The lineup featured six executive vice-presidents (EVPs) from France, Finland, Estonia, Italy, Romania, and Spain. These EVPs, including [[Teresa Ribera]] and [[Stéphane Séjourné]], were tasked with overseeing various clusters of Commissioners and steering key policy areas such as prosperity, security, and democracy. [[Raffaele Fitto]] was appointed despite criticism from European socialists over his hard-right affiliations. Other notable appointments included [[Kaja Kallas]] as EVP for Foreign and Security Policy, and [[Henna Virkkunen]] as EVP for Tech Sovereignty and Digital Technologies. The Commission also introduced new roles like the Commissioner for Defence and Security and the Commissioner for the Mediterranean.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jones |first=Mared Gwyn |title=Ursula von der Leyen unveils proposed team of European Commissioners |website=Euronews  |date=17 September 2024 |url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/09/17/ursula-von-der-leyen-set-to-unveil-proposal-for-next-team-of-european-commissioners |access-date=17 September 2024}}</ref>