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Hello and welcome to the CEO podcast.

My name is Sophia Beshe. I'm in conversation today with

Agatha Gustinska Jakubovska, who's a senior research fellow at the SEAS Brussels office. Hi Agatha.

We're here to talk about the new Fondelaide Commission, of course, that is currently being

formed in Brussels and that will be in power for the next five years,

shaping EU policy until 2024.

So European Commission President-electo Sula van der Leyen has revealed her commissioners,

and she has said who she wants to do which job in her administration.

The next few days will decide if her choices stick and how she will start her term.

Agatha, you have argued in the past that Fondellin should follow Juncker,

so the previous commission present example,

and organize the work of commissioners around her major priorities.

What do you think?

Has she taken this advice on board?

And could you maybe walk listeners

through the new College of Commissioners, standout candidates, the big personalities?

Sure. I'm happy to do this. Yes. In fact, Ursula von der Leyen took some of our recommendations

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