Incoming EU commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has started meeting
the nominees for his 28-strong college, but gender balance continues to
be a problem.
Dutch foreign affairs minister Frans Timmermans and Slovene Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek were due to meet Juncker in Brussels on Tuesday (2 September) to present themselves and what portfolios they might be interested in.
Belgium is the only country that has not yet decided on a nominee, with the political parties hesitating between foreign minister Didier Reynders or MEP Marianne Thyssen.
Juncker has promised better jobs to female commissioners, as "compensation" for being outnumbered by their male colleagues.
The female count is also important to secure the vote of the European Parliament, which has threatened to veto any team that has fewer than nine women.
So far only Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Sweden have nominated women. But several other countries - Cyprus, Malta and Romania - have a woman as a plan B candidate.
Read more: EUobserver / Juncker starts interviews for new EU commission
Dutch foreign affairs minister Frans Timmermans and Slovene Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek were due to meet Juncker in Brussels on Tuesday (2 September) to present themselves and what portfolios they might be interested in.
Belgium is the only country that has not yet decided on a nominee, with the political parties hesitating between foreign minister Didier Reynders or MEP Marianne Thyssen.
Juncker has promised better jobs to female commissioners, as "compensation" for being outnumbered by their male colleagues.
The female count is also important to secure the vote of the European Parliament, which has threatened to veto any team that has fewer than nine women.
So far only Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Sweden have nominated women. But several other countries - Cyprus, Malta and Romania - have a woman as a plan B candidate.
Read more: EUobserver / Juncker starts interviews for new EU commission
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