Teresa Ribera has been elected Vice-President for Competition and Green Transition in the new European CommissionThe President of the Community Executive, Ursula Von der Leyen, reported this on Tuesday. Von der Leyen added that Ribera will also take charge of the Competition portfolio and that her responsibility will be to “guide the work to ensure that Europe is on track” to achieve its climate goals and “decarbonize and industrialize” the European economy. at the same time.
The German revealed the responsibilities of the current third vice-president and minister for ecological transition and the demographic challenge of the Spanish government during a press conference in Strasbourg (France), after appearing behind closed doors before the conference of group presidents and the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.
“Also as Head of Competition, he will lead the work to put Europe on track to achieve the Green Deal objectives and decarbonize and industrialize the economy at the same time“, explained the President of the Commission during a press conference.
In the area of Competition, Ribera’s job will be to monitor big tech companies and ensure the application of new European rules on digital services and markets, while in terms of ecological and social transition, his main challenge will be to reconcile the climate ambitions of the European Green Deal to the requirements of the agricultural and livestock sector.
Ribera is called to be the a strong element of the European socialists in a right-leaning Commission after Von der Leyen gave him one of the most influential posts in the EU executive.
