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In or out? The shake-hands of the movers and shakers
13.07.2009, 17:08
IN
Pawel Samecki replacing Danuta Hübner
Following the resignation of Mrs Danuta Hübner, who has been elected to the European Parliament, Mr Pawel Samecki has been designated for appointment as member of the Commission by the Polish government, in agreement with the Commission president, José Manuel Barroso.
Algirdas Semeta
Algirdas Semeta has been designated for appointment as member of the Commission by the Lithuanian government.
Herbert Reul replacing Angelika Niebler
The influential industry, research and energy committee is likely to be chaired by centre-right MEP Herbert Reul, replacing Angelika Niebler.
Jo Leinen
Socialist Jo Leinen is expected to chair the environment committee.
Klaus-Heiner Lehne
The centre-right's Klaus-Heiner Lehne is expected to be appointed chairman of the new justice committee, which will deal with issues previously handled by the legal affairs committee.
Wolf Klinz
German Liberal MEP Wolf Klinz will chair a special committee investigating the financial crisis.
Mario Mauro
Italian centre-right MEP Mario Mauro is likely to get the prestigious chairmanship of the foreign affairs committee as compensation for giving up his bid to be the European People's Party's (EPP) candidate for Parliament president.
Jerzy Buzek
Polish MEP Jerzy Buzek is now assured of the EPP nomination, which in turn means that he is almost certain to become the first president of the Parliament from a new member state.
Alain Lamassoure replacing Reimer Böge
French MEP Alain Lamassoure, a former EU affairs minister and adviser to President Nicolas Sarkozy on the Lisbon treaty, is in line to chair the budgets committee, a post held from 2007 by German centre-right MEP Reimer Böge.
Juan López Aguilar
Newly-elected Spanish Socialist MEP Juan López Aguilar could become the chairman of the civil liberties committee.
Brian Simpson
UK centre-left MEP Brian Simpson could be appointed chairman of the transport committee.
Eva Joly
French Green MEP Eva Joly is the probable future chair of the development committee.
Herbert Reul
German centre-right MEP Herbert Reul is being tipped to chair the EU parliament's industry committee, as political groups haggle over jobs following last month's elections.
OUT
Hans-Gert Poettering
The European parliament will vote on its next president on 14 July, replacing its current chief, German Christian Democrat Hans-Gert Poettering.
Javier Solana
Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief, will not be seeking another term in office.
Graham Watson
Graham Watson has announced that he is pulling out of the competition to become the European Parliament's next president.
Meglena Kuneva
Boyko Borissov, who is expected to be Bulgaria's next prime minister, made it clear that he has no intention of proposing Meglena Kuneva as the Bulgarian candidate for a position in the next college of commissioners.