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ČT24 | Síkela to be European Commissioner for International Partnerships, von der Leyen has announced

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced the staff of the new European Commission. Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela is to be Commissioner for International Partnerships. This portfolio includes the largest ever Directorate-General, which employs three thousand people and has a large financial envelope. Viktor Daněk, deputy director of EUROPEUM Institute, comments for ČT24.
17. September 2024

It's a very interesting portfolio. Síkela will be in charge of a huge budget and will have the largest directorate-general in the European Commission under him. It has the potential to build up quite a lot of informal influence and speak into related portfolios that are not directly under his responsibility.  

The Czech government, on the other hand, was looking for a portfolio from which Síkela could involve into the internal workings of the European economy, and here he will be looking more outwards. So I think there must have been some disappointment.

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