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| France gets key EU Commission job | France gets key EU Commission job |
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| France will take charge of the key internal market post in the new 27-strong European Commission, whose composition has just been announced. | France will take charge of the key internal market post in the new 27-strong European Commission, whose composition has just been announced. |
| Former French agriculture minister Michel Barnier got the job. | Former French agriculture minister Michel Barnier got the job. |
| The UK's representative is the new EU foreign policy chief, Baroness Catherine Ashton. She will be a vice-president of the commission. | The UK's representative is the new EU foreign policy chief, Baroness Catherine Ashton. She will be a vice-president of the commission. |
| The nominations will not be confirmed until they are approved by the European Parliament at hearings in January. | The nominations will not be confirmed until they are approved by the European Parliament at hearings in January. |
| Commissioners staying on | Commissioners staying on |
| Joaquin Almunia from Spain will become EU Competition Commissioner - another much-coveted post in the EU's executive arm. He will also be a vice-president, like Lady Ashton. | Joaquin Almunia from Spain will become EU Competition Commissioner - another much-coveted post in the EU's executive arm. He will also be a vice-president, like Lady Ashton. |
| The suspicion in Britain was that France was eyeing up new regulations to rein in the City. Britain made clear ... its concerns Gavin HewittBBC Europe Editor Read more in Hewitt on Europe | The suspicion in Britain was that France was eyeing up new regulations to rein in the City. Britain made clear ... its concerns Gavin HewittBBC Europe Editor Read more in Hewitt on Europe |
| Olli Rehn from Finland will be Financial and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, replacing Mr Almunia in that post. He was previously EU Enlargement Commissioner. | Olli Rehn from Finland will be Financial and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, replacing Mr Almunia in that post. He was previously EU Enlargement Commissioner. |
| With his internal market job Mr Barnier will control supervision of the EU market for financial services, most of which is in the City of London. | With his internal market job Mr Barnier will control supervision of the EU market for financial services, most of which is in the City of London. |
| Karel De Gucht from Belgium will be Trade Commissioner, Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said. Mr De Gucht currently heads the EU development and humanitarian aid directorate. | Karel De Gucht from Belgium will be Trade Commissioner, Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said. Mr De Gucht currently heads the EU development and humanitarian aid directorate. |
| The commission is responsible for drafting EU legislation and acts as guardian of the EU treaties. The commissioner appointments are for five years. | The commission is responsible for drafting EU legislation and acts as guardian of the EU treaties. The commissioner appointments are for five years. |
| Tackling economic woes | |
| Announcing the new line-up, Mr Barroso said the commission would face huge challenges in getting the world's biggest trading bloc out of the economic crisis. | |
| Mr Almunia will head EU competition - one of the top economy jobs | |
| Mr Barroso has included nine women in his team - one more than in the outgoing commission. They include Danish Environment Minister Connie Hedegaard, who will take up a new post - that of Climate Action Commissioner. | |
| A Czech politician, Stefan Fuele, will take charge of the EU's enlargement job. He will also be in charge of the EU's neighbourhood policy concerning Ukraine and other former Soviet states. | |
| Germany's Guenther Oettinger was named Energy Commissioner, a reflection of the policy's growing importance for the EU, the BBC's Oana Lungescu reports from Brussels. | |
| The biggest countries in Eastern Europe also got plum jobs - budget for Janusz Lewandowski from Poland and agriculture for Romania's Dacian Ciolos. |