European Commission approved
Yesterday, the EU's executive body, the European Commission, was approved by the European parliament approved the EU's new executive. Each of the 25 member states has one commissioner. Find your favorites below.
President: Jose Manuel Barroso (Portugal)
Vice-president, institutional relations, communications: Margot Wallstrom (Sweden)
Vice-president, enterprise and industry: Guenter Verheugen (Germany)
Vice-president, transport: Jacques Barrot (France)
Vice-president, administration, audit and anti-fraud: Siim Kallas (Estonia)
Vice-president, justice, freedom and security: Franco Frattini (Italy)
Information society and media: Viviane Reding (Luxembourg)
Environment: Stavros Dimas (Greece)
Economic and monetary affairs: Joaquin Almunia (Spain)
Regional policy: Danuta Huebner (Poland)
Fisheries, Maritime affairs: Joe Borg (Malta)
Financial programming, budget: Dalia Grybauskaite (Lithuania)
Science and research: Janez Potocnik (Slovenia)
Education, training, culture: Jan Figel (Slovakia)
Health, consumer protection: Markos Kyprianou (Cyprus)
Enlargement: Olli Rehn (Finland)
Development, humanitarian aid: Louis Michel (Belgium)
Energy: Andris Piebalgs (Latvia)
Competition: Neelie Kroes (Netherlands)
Agriculture, rural development: Mariann Fischer Boel (Denmark)
External Relations: Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Austria)
Internal Market, services: Charlie McCreevy (Ireland)
Employment, social policy: Vladimir Spidla (Czech Rep.)
Trade: Peter Mandelson (Britain)
Taxation and customs: Laszlo Kovacs (Hungary)
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