Which EU commissioner will be re-appointed?
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98.1%
Ursula von der Leyen
97%
Valdis Dombrovskis
95%
Dubravka Šuica
94%
Maroš Šefčovič
79%
Wopke Hoekstra
71%
Olivér Várhelyi
8%
Nicolas Schmit
7%
Elisa Ferreira
7%
Margaritis Schinas
6%
Stella Kyriakides
6%
Thierry Breton
5%
Paolo Gentiloni
5%
Virginijus Sinkevičius
5%
Helena Dalli
5%
Iliana Ivanova
5%
Janez Lenarčič
4%
Margrethe Vestager
4%
Kadri Simson
4%
Josep Borrell Fontelles
3%
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In the EU the "commissioners" are like "ministers", i.e. the executive government. After the EU election in June, a new commission must be appointed. This is about the current EU commissioners and if they will be re-appointed.

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With only two seats projected for his MR party, Michel’s move seriously hampered Reynders’ shot at entering the European Parliament or repeating his tenure as European Commissioner for Belgium.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-commissioner-reynders-eyes-council-of-europe-top-job/

We expect the Commissioners’ turnover to be rather significant next year. As shown by the chart below, the rate of replacement of Commissioners is historically very high, as more than two thirds of Commissioners have been replaced after the elections in 2014 and 2019: 

Several factors explain the non-reappointment of Commissioners, chief among these reasons being the lack of political support in their home countries. In other cases, Commissioners prefer to land key positions at national level (former Commissioners are usually well positioned to become Prime Ministers or Presidents, for instance). 

https://eumatrix.eu/en/blog/EU-Commissioners-who-will-stay-from-2024

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Jutta Urpilainen is running for president in Finland but has effectively no chance. Very unlikely that the new Finnish government will propose her as commissioner.