ΤΟ ΠΡΟΦΙΛ ΤΩΝ ΝΕΩΝ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΗΣ ΕΝΩΣΗΣ, ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΛΟΑΔ ΟΠΤΙΚΗ.

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European Parliament approves new European Commission, 9/2/2010,
The European Parliament elected the new European Commission by 488 votes in favour, 137 against and 72 abstentions in Strasbourg on Tuesday. The vote was a single vote on the whole College of Commissioners, consisting of one Commissioner from each of the 27 EU member states.
ILGA-Europe watched carefully the hearings of the Commissioner-Designates at the European Parliament prior to the approval, and the key outcomes from the LGBT rights perspective are the following:
Viviane Reding, Commissioner-Designate for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, was twice asked LGBT specific questions. Her answers were encouraging as she insisted that she is commitment towards ensuring full freedom of movement of citizens, and increased mutual recognition of all familial relationships within the European Union. On hate and violence against LGBT people she responded that, "Homophobia has no place in Europe". Moreover, she stated that she will make sure that the Charter of Fundamental Rights' is fully implemented.
Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner-Designate for Home Affairs was very clear on her commitment to fundamental rights throughout her interview. She expressed regret that the new anti-discrimination directive has not yet been adopted, and shown that she intends to work very closely with Viviane Reding on fundamental rights issues.
Štefan Füle, Commissioner-designate for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy and Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner-Designate for Development have both indicated that they will stick to the European values of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the EU Neighbourhood Policy and the policy on development aid respectively.
Catherine Ashton, Commissioner-Designate for External Relations was not asked any LGBT specific questions. However, her inclusion of a reference in the CV to the 2006 Politician of the Year Award that she received from Stonewall shows her continued commitment to LGBT rights.
László Andor, Commissioner-Designate for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion was not asked specific human rights questions during his hearing, but his commitment to social issues should show that he too would progress equality for all as a Commissioner.
Finally, John Dalli, Commissioner-Designate for Health and Consumer Policy, made repeated references to his commitment to disease prevention during his hearing without a similar emphasis on wellbeing, thus raising concern that his notion of health may be very narrow. The Malta Gay Rights Movement have also raised concerns about his track record on his lack of commitment towards transgender healthcare.