But Parliament’s vote last Thursday to approve the revised EU executive cleared the way for commissioners to complete their administrative teams. In comparison with the draft list of cabinet members which we published on 28 October the significant changes now are the addition of the names of those recruited by Franco Frattini, the new Italian commissioner, and Andris Piebalgs, the new Latvian commissioner, and the appointments to the cabinet of José Manuel Barroso.
Each commissioner has a spokesperson, who must be of a different nationality. The spokespersons are not members of the cabinets but are answerable to the Commission spokeswoman, Françoise Le Bail.
José Manuel Barroso (Portugal, president)
Head of cabinet: J. V. de Almeida
Deputy: A. Italianer
Advisors: A. J. Cabral, J-C Thébault, J. C. Beraud, A. Martinho
Members: P. Cymbron, J. Laitenberger, C. C. Da Silva, F. A. Guimarães
Günter Verheugen (Germany, enterprise and industry)
Head of cabinet: Peter Tempel
Deputy: Christian Danielsson
Members: Petra Erler, Simon Mordue, Matthias Oel, Anne-Laure De Coincy
Spokesperson: Gregor Kreuzhuber
Siim Kallas (Estonia, administrative affairs and fight against fraud)
Head of cabinet: Henrik Hololei
Deputy: Kristian Schmidt
Members: Derk-Jan Eppink, Keir Fitch, Veronica Manfredi, Margus Rahuoja, Elisabeth Werner
Spokesperson: To be announced
Franco Frattini (Italy, justice, freedom and security)
Head of cabinet: Carlo Presenti
Deputy: Isabelle Benoliel
Members: Stefano Signore, Lorenzo Salazar, Stefano Bertozzi, Antonio Bettanini
Acting Spokesperson: Pietro Petrucci
Jacques Barrot (France, transport)
Head of cabinet: Benoit le Bret
Deputy: Kerstin Jorna
Members: Miguel Sagredo, Armelle Lidou, Francis Morgan, Thomas Chenevier
Spokesperson: Stefaan De Rynck
Margot Wallström (Sweden, institutional relations and communications)
Head of cabinet: Rolf Annerberg
Deputy: Antonia Carparelli
Members: Anne Bergenfelt, Beate Gminder, Lena Ag, Mark Gray
Spokesperson: Mikolaj Dowgielewicz
Joe Borg (Malta, fisheries and maritime affairs)
Head of cabinet: Patrick Tabone
Deputy: Michael Köhler
Members: Joanna Darmanin, Maja Kirchner, Tiago Pitta e Cunha, Waddah Saab, Ella Strickland
Spokesperson: TBA
Stavros Dimas (Greece, environment)
Head of cabinet: Nancy Kontou
Deputy: Pierre-Gunnar Schellekens
Members: Dimitri Giotakos, Konstantine Kostopolous, John-Martijn Quinn, Claudia Canevari
Spokesperson: Barbara Helfferich
Joaquín Almunia (Spain, economic and monetary affairs)
Head of cabinet: Maria Luisa Lamela
Deputy: Peter Bekx
Members: Benjamin Angel, Gabriele Giudice, Maria Martin Prat, Antoine Quero, Ursula Castro
Spokesperson: Amelia Torres
László Kovács (Hungary, taxation and customs union)
Head of cabinet: Tamàs Szücs
Deputy: Stephen Bill
Members: Anabela Gago-Filori, Attila Marjan, others TBA
Spokesperson: TBA
Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Austria, external affairs)
Head of cabinet: Patrick Child
Deputy: Peter Schwaiger
Members: Judith Gebetsroithner, Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, Hubert Gambs, Richard Kuehnel, Vincent Guerend
Spokesperson: Emma Udwin
Ján Figel (Slovakia, education and culture)
Head of cabinet: Miroslav Adamis
Deputy: Margarida Gameiro
Members: Peter Javorcík, Eva Wenigova, David Hughes, Bernd Biervert, Pinnucia Contino
Spokesperson: Frédéric Vincent
Mariann Fischer Boel (Denmark, agriculture and rural devt.)
Head of cabinet: Claus Sørensen
Deputy: Klaus-Dieter Borchardt
Members: Jean-Charles Ellermann-Kingombe, Christina Borchmann, Linda Mauperon, Rosário Bento Pais
Spokesperson: Michael Mann
Dalia Grybauskaité (Lithuania, budget, financial programming)
Head of cabinet: Stephen Quest
Deputy: Leina Adakauskiene
Members: Rima Kaziliuniene, Denis Genton, Arunas Ribokas, Vasco Cal, Baudouin Baudru
Spokesperson: Ewa Hedlund
Danuta Hübner (Poland, regional policy)
Head of cabinet: Joost Korte
Deputy: Marta Cygan
Members: Marco Panigalli, Joanna Szychowska, Slawomir Tokarski, Eric von Breska, David Young
Spokesperson: Paula Laissy
Andris Piebalgs (Latvia, energy)
Head of cabinet: Andris Kesteris
Deputy: Christopher Jones
Members: Angela Bardenhewer, Angnija Rasa, Pim van Ballekom, Steina Soewarta
Spokesperson: TBA
Neelie Kroes (The Netherlands, competition)
Head of cabinet: Ben Smulders
Deputy: Olivier Guersent
Members: Carlos Tenreiro, Barbara Brandtner, Lorena Boix-Alonso, Michelle Sutton
Spokesperson: Jonathan Todd
Markos Kyprianou (Cyprus, health and consumer protection)
Head of cabinet: Margaritis Schinas
Deputy: Philippe Brunet
Members: Paula Pinho, Alessandro Giordani, Despina Spanou, Erdem Erginel, Georgina Georgiou
Spokesperson: Philip Tod
Peter Mandelson (UK, trade)
Head of cabinet: Simon Fraser
Deputy: Denis Redonnet
Members: Roger Liddle, Hiddo Houben, Renate Nikolay, Per Haugaard, Catherine Wendt
Spokesperson: Claude Veron-Reville
Charlie McCreevy (Ireland, internal market and services)
Head of cabinet: Martin Power
Deputy: Claire Bury
Members: Michael Murray, Martin Merlin, Peter Kerstens, Helen Blake, Shane Sutherland
Spokesperson: Oliver Drewes
Louis Michel (Belgium, development)
Head of cabinet: Sabine Weyand
Deputy: Koen Doens
Members: Hervé Delphin, Valérie Glatigny, Jean-François Brakeland, Karin Gardes
Spokesperson: Amadeu Altafaj Tardio
Janez Potocnik (Slovenia, research)
Head of cabinet: Peter Dröll
Deputy: Kurt Vandenberghe
Members: Bostjan Sporar, Sian Prout, Bénédicte Caremier, Charlotte Haentzel, Matjaz Malgaj
Spokesperson: Antonia Mochan
Viviane Reding (Luxembourg, information society and media)
Head of cabinet: Johannes Laitenber
Deputy: Viviane Hoffman
Members: Christophe Forax, Nathalie Davies, Miguel Faranca, Raf Chanterie, Ken Duchtel
Spokesperson: Martin Selmayr
Olli Rehn (Finland, enlargement)
Head of cabinet: Timo Pesonen
Deputy: Fernando Frutuoso De Melo
Members: Jean-Christophe Filori, Maria Åsenius, Kristian Hedberg, Heather Grabbe, Mikko Alkio, Nina Hyvärinen
Spokesperson: Krisztina Nagy
Vladimir Spidla (Czech Republic, employment and social affairs)
Head of cabinet: Ramiro Cibrian Uzal
Deputy: Kristin Schreiber
Members: Daniela Bankier, Michael Ralph, Stéphane Ouaki, Jan Jarab, Iva Lanová
Spokesperson: Katharina von Schnurbein