The Commissioner for Justice and Commissioner for Equality are posts in the
European Commission
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. The portfolios of Justice and Equality were previously combined as ''Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality'' under commissioner is
Věra Jourová; however, the two portfolios were split in 2019.
Didier Reynders currently serves as Justice Commissioner and
Helena Dalli
Helena Dalli (born Helena Abela, 29 September 1962) is a Maltese politician serving as European Commissioner for Equality since 1 December 2019. She is a member of the Labour Party.
Career
Parliamentary Secretary
In 1996, Dalli was electe ...
serves as Equality Commissioner.
Portfolio
The post was created in 2010 by splitting the previous
Justice, Freedom and Security portfolio into a justice post (the subject covered here) and a security post: the
Commissioner for Home Affairs. This split was made as a concession to the
liberals in the
European Parliament
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to gain their support for the second
Barroso Commission
The Barroso Commission was the European Commission in office from 22 November 2004 until 31 October 2014. Its president was José Manuel Barroso, who presided over 27 other commissioners (one from each of the states composing the European Union ...
.
A major innovation of the
Juncker Commission
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is the nomination of a First Vice-President,
Frans Timmermans
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Given name
* Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diploma ...
, for Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and the
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
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. His role includes to "guide and coordinate all other Justice and Home Affairs(JHA)-related Commissioners, in particular those of the new DG Justice (
Věra Jourová) and the DG Home Affairs (
Dimitris Avramopoulos
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)".
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The portfolio of the Commissioner has evolved under the Juncker Commission
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and renamed into ''Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality''. Major changes are :
*"The Commissioner for Justice no longer holds the title f "Commissioner for EU Citizenship"that was used in the previous Commission. ..Other citizenship-related matters regarding ‘communication to citizens’ have been moved from DG Communication and attributed to the new Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship."
*"Issues related to non-discrimination in employment nd the rights of persons with disabilitieshave been removed from DG JUST and placed back under DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. However, DG JUST still holds responsibility for the wider non-discrimination portfolio."
*DG JUST gained competences on issues related to Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility, previously in DG Internal Market and Services (MARKT), and on issues related to Consumer Affairs. Regarding Consumer Affairs, the whole directorate has been transferred from DG Health and Consumers (SANCO) - now DG Health and Food Safety (SANTE), except for Health Technology and Cosmetics issues, for which DG Enterprise and Industry (ENTR) gained responsibility.
*The responsibility of Anti-Drug Policy has been transferred to DG Home Affairs (HOME).
List of commissioners
DG Justice and Consumers
DG Justice, Freedom and Security (former)
See also
* Directorate-General for Justice
:''DG Justice, Freedom and Security was split in 2010. For Home Affairs (security), see Directorate-General for Home Affairs (European Commission).''
The Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) is a Directorate-General of the Europ ...
* European Commissioner for Home Affairs
A portfolio in the European Commission is an area of responsibility assigned to a European Commissioner, usually connected to one or several Directorates-General (DGs).
Portfolios Agriculture
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Develo ...
** Directorate-General for Home Affairs
The Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The role of the body is to ensure the EU's security, to build a common EU migration and asylum policy, and to promote dialogue a ...
* Justice and Home Affairs Council
The Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) is one of the configurations of the Council of the European Union and is composed of the justice and home affairs ministers of the 27 European Union member states.
Composition
JHA is composed of the justi ...
(Council of the European Union)
** Directorate-General for Justice and Home Affairs
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* Area of freedom, security and justice
* Charter of Fundamental Rights
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* Four Freedoms
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* Eurojust
* Fundamental Rights Agency
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* Court of Justice
External links
Commissioner's Website
References
{{CommissionPortfolios
Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
Commissioner Justice
Commissioner Justice
Commissioner
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