The second von der Leyen Commission is the current European Commission, in office since 1 December 2024. It consists of one commissioner from each of the member states of the European Union – including Ursula von der Leyen, its president, who is from Germany.
The Commission was approved by the European Parliament on 27 November with 51% of the majority, the least supported European Commission by the Parliament since 1993, when it was given the right to vote on the college.
College of Commissioners The second Ursula von der Leyen commission will be organised on three levels: president; executive vice presidents; commissioners.
Regardless of the three-level structure of the commission, the president of the commission emphasised that all commissioners share collective responsibility for decisions made by the Commission.
+Von der Leyen Commission II Portfolio Portrait Name EU Party Member stateDirectorate General Took office Left office President of the European Commission EPP SG, SJ, COMM 1 December 2024 Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ALDE EEAS, FPI 1 December 2024 Executive Vice-President and European Commissioner for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition PES COMP 1 December 2024 Executive Vice-President and European Commissioner for Digital and Frontier Technologies EPP CNECT, DIGIT 1 December 2024 Executive Vice-President and European Commissioner for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy Independent GROW 1 December 2024 Executive Vice-President and European Commissioner for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness PES EMPL, EAC 1 December 2024 Executive Vice-President and European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms ECR REGIO 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations, and Transparency TRADE, TAXUD, OP 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity and Commissioner for Implementation and Simplification EPP ECFIN, EUROSTAT 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism EPP MOVE 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration EPP HOME 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation EPP RTD, JRC 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food EPP AGRI 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth EPP CLIMA, TAXUD 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration EPP BUDG, HR, DGT, SCIC, OLAF, IAS, OIL, OIB, EPSO, PMO, EUSA 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience, and a Competitive Circular Economy EPP ENV 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union EPP FISMA 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Independent MARE 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management, and Commissioner for Equality ALDE ECHO 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture, and Sport PES EAC 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Energy and Housing PES ENER 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Enlargement Independent NEAR 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Mediterranean EPP MENA 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare Independent SANTE 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for International Partnerships Independent INTPA 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Defence and Space EPP DEFIS 1 December 2024 European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection ALDE JUST 1 December 2024
Commissioner groups According to portfolios the commissioner groups will be as following:
President
Commissioner for Equality Commissioner for Implementation and Simplification Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration
Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Commissioner for Enlargement Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management Commissioner for the Mediterranean Commissioner for International Partnerships
Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy (Commissioner for Digital and Frontier Technologies)
Commissioner for Defence and Space Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation
Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy (Commissioner for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy)
Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union
Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms (Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms)
Commissioner for Enlargement Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Commissioner for Agriculture and Food
Executive Vice-President for People, Skills and Preparedness (Commissioner for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness)
Commissioner for Mediterranean Commissioner for Preparedness and Crisis Management Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare
Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition (Commissioner for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition)
Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth Commissioner for Environment, Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy Commissioner for Energy and Housing Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare
Formation Election of the President of the Commission
To be elected Commission President, a candidate must be proposed by the European Council with a reinforced qualified majority (at least 72% of the states representing at least 65% of the population), and receive a majority of the votes of the members of the European Parliament (at least 361 out of 720).
On 17 June, an "informal meeting" of the European Council was held, where the heads of state and government discussed the next institutional cycle and their candidate for the Commission presidency. On 25 June, negotiators from the EPP (Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Donald Tusk), PES (Pedro Sánchez and Olaf Scholz) and Renew Europe (Emmanuel Macron and Mark Rutte) reached a preliminary agreement on the nominations.
On 27 June, during the European Council meeting, national leaders proposed Ursula von der Leyen (EPP) as candidate for President of the European Commission, after being named the European People's Party nominee in March 2024. Hungary's Viktor Orbán voted against von der Leyen and abstained on Kallas. Italy's Giorgia Meloni abstained from the vote on von der Leyen but voted against Costa and Kallas for their posts.
+Proposal by the European CouncilPublic voting indicationMember states of the European UnionIn favour Against Abstained
In the following weeks, von der Leyen had bilateral meetings with EPP, S&D, Renew, G/EFA, and ECR groups to gather support for her re-election. On 18 July, she presented to the European Parliament her "Political Guidelines", followed by a debate with MEPs. Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected president of the European Commission in a secret ballot, with 401 votes in favour, 284 against, and 22 cast blank or invalid votes.
+Election by the European Parliament Required majority360 out of 719 Public voting indicationThe LeftS&DGreens/EFA RenewEPPECRPatriotsESNNIPosition46136537718878842532 In favour81 or more 39 or more 18 or more 97 or more5 or more Against 25 or more 4 or more 11 or more14 or more10 or more60 or more 58 or moreAll 25All 32Blank or Void 2 or more 1 or moreNon Voting Total : 71946136537718878842532
Selection of the Commissioners
The President-elect of the European Union invites the member states to nominate commissioners in accordance with the rules set out in the Treaty on the European Union and by the European Council. The President-elect decides on the organisation of their Commission, reviews the nominees, and presents a college of Commissioners, with each nominated Commissioner being responsible for a specific policy portfolio. The President-elect also appoints Vice Presidents among the Commissioners. The President-elect's proposed College of Commissioners is reviewed by the European Parliament in committee hearings.
Commissioner candidates On 25 July 2024, President-elect Ursula von der Leyen sent the letters to member states asking them to officially nominate candidates for the post of European Commissioner before 30 August 2024. As she did with her first commission, von der Leyen called for member states to each nominate two candidates for the European Commission, a woman and a man. However, Bulgaria is the only country to have followed von der Leyen's request. All the other leaders of EU member states have each nominated only one candidate, and most of them are men. Romania originally put forward socialist MEP Victor Negrescu but later put forward MEP Roxana Mînzatu, switching a male nominee for a female nominee.
On 17 September 2024, Ursula von der Leyen announced in a press conference the college of commissioners and their portfolios. The share of women in the proposed commission is 40.7%, down from 44.4 percent in 2019. The average age of the new Commission nominees is 52, dropping from 56 in 2019. In terms of structure, there are six Executive Vice-Presidents, down from 7 (with 3 executive vice-presidents) in 2019. The proposed College includes five returning commissioners: three of them are for a second mandate (Šuica, Várhelyi, Hoekstra), while Dombrovskis would return for a third term, and Šefčovič for a fourth term. The portfolio repartition reflects the declared priorities, with a strong focus on competitiveness, industrial policy and defence.
On 19 September 2024, the Council of the European Union adopted, by common accord with the President-elect of the Commission, the list of persons whom it proposes for appointment as members of the Commission to the European Parliament.