The proposed college of 28 commissioners put forward by Jean-Claude Juncker, the president-elect of the European Commission, was approved on 22 October by the European Parliament. 423 MEPs voted to approve the college, 209 voted against, and 67 abstained.
The approval follows several weeks of confirmation hearings by the Parliament’s committees. Juncker had to make several changes to his portfolio allocations in order to secure approval. Last week he announced two major portfolio changes, with Violeta Bulc of Slovenia being given the transport portfolio and Maroš Šefčovič of Slovakia moved to energy union, following a rejection of the first Slovenian nominee Alenka Bratušek. This morning, before the vote, he announced further changes to portfolio allocations to address MEP concerns.
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