The next European Commission: What we know so far

''The next European Commission is taking shape.
The current EU executive remains in office until the end of October but some governments have already announced their candidates for the next five-year term.

That doesn't mean all of those nominees will end up at the Commission's Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels. Every nominee will need the approval of the Commission's new president and the European Parliament to take office.
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Council's nominee for Commission president, herself still needs to be confirmed by the European Parliament..''
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