The Commissioner for Justice is a post in the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

. 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 Didier Reynders (; born 6 August 1958) is a Belgian politician and a member of the Reformist Movement, Mouvement Réformateur (MR) that served as List of European Commissioners for Justice and Equality, European Commissioner for Justice until 30 ...

currently serves as Justice Commissioner and Helena Dalli 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 The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...

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 of the European Commission, president was José Durão Barroso, who presided over 27 other commissioners (one from Member sta ...

. A major innovation of the

Juncker Commission The Juncker Commission was the European Commission in office from 1 November 2014 to 30 November 2019. Its President of the European Commission, president was Jean-Claude Juncker, who presided over 27 other commissioners (one from Member state of ...

is the nomination of a First Vice-President, Frans Timmermans, for Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, Rule of Law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. 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)".Carrera, S. and Guild, E. (2014) "The Juncker Commission: A New Start for EU Justice and Home Affairs Policy?", CEPS Essay
/ref> The portfolio of the Commissioner has evolved under the

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, Freedom and Security (1995–2010)

DG Justice and Consumers (2010–present)

External links

Commissioner's Website

References

{{CommissionPortfolios Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Commissioner Justice Commissioner Justice