Friday, 27th November 2009 - 11:21CET
Update 3: Dalli gets health and consumer policy portfolio
John Dalli
Malta's EU commissioner-designate John Dalli has been assigned the health and consumer policy portfolio.
He will be responsible for DG Health and Consumers, the Community Plant Variety office, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency and the Executive Agency for health and consumers.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso announced the list of portfolios to his 26 member college of Commissioners today.
They other portfolios are:
Joaquín ALMUNIA: Competition. Vice-President of the Commission.
- László ANDOR: Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.
- Baroness Catherine ASHTON: High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security and Vice-President of the Commission.
- Michel BARNIER: Internal Market and Services.
- Dacian CIOLOS: Agriculture and Rural Development.
- Maria DAMANAKI: Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
- Karel DE GUCHT: Trade.
- Štefan FÜLE: Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy. *
- Johannes HAHN: Regional Policy.
- Connie HEDEGAARD: Climate Action.
- Maire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN: Research and Innovation.
- Rumiana JELEVA: International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response. *
- Siim KALLAS: Transport. Vice-President of the Commission.
- Neelie KROES: Digital Agenda. Vice-President of the Commission.
- Janusz LEWANDOWSKI: Budget and Financial Programming.
- Cecilia MALMSTRÖM: Home Affairs.
- Günter OETTINGER: Energy.
- Andris PIEBALGS: Development.*
- Janez POTOČNIK: Environment.
- Viviane REDING: Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. Vice-President of the Commission.
- Olli REHN: Economic and Monetary Affairs.
- Maroš ŠEČOVIČ : Vice-President of the Commission for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration.
- Algirdas ŠEMETA: Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud.
- Antonio TAJANI: Industry and Entrepreneurship. Vice-President of the Commission.
- Androulla VASSILIOU: Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.
* In close cooperation with the High Representative/Vice-President in accordance with the treaties.
Mr Dalli will succeed Joe Borg, who had been responsible for maritime affairs.
Mr Barroso said he had sought to design a College which could generate fresh thinking and new ideas on the biggest challenges being faced in Europe.
"I'm confident that the Commissioners, who will be presented to the European Parliament, can be decisive in steering Europe towards sustainable recovery and a smarter, greener social market economy that works for people."
He said that in five years time he wanted this Commission to have been instrumental in leading Europe out of the economic crisis towards a competitive economy that provides sustainable growth and prosperity. That was its main priority.
Mr Barroso said that one of the key tasks of the new Commission was to give life to the new opportunities provided by the Lisbon Treaty.
The Nationalist Party said in a statement that the portfolio given to Mr Dalli honoured Malta since health and consumer affairs were of utmost importance to all European citizens.
The PN also thanked Dr Borg who made a name for Malta through his work in the fisheries sector.
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This means that we are all going to die... either with a virus, of hunger or overdose!
John Dalli is an experienced and capable MP within Gonzi's cabinet, and in spite of what people think, LG relied alot on him.... similarly to how Giovanni Felice was in Borg Olivier's cabinet in the 60s.
When Felice was unfortunately forced to stand down from his ministerial post due to ill health in the late 60s, Borg Olivier's cabinet suffered, with the consequences seen in the 1971 electoral defeat. History has a habit of repeating itself.
Unfortunately, some people within PN's ranks took the opportunity to issue a superfluous, parrot-style press release which included an attack on PL. For me, this press release holds no water. In the coming weeks, we wish to understand the reasoning behind the next cabinet re-shuffle, since this will impact PN's chances in the next election....just over 3 yrs away.
I'm concerned.
Perhaps he could give us some concrete reasons why Dr Joe Borg was shunted aside like a squeezed lemon.
do well in the Health and Consumer Policy portfolio.You will do Malta proud and an Honour,
as well as the Commission,Mr. Dalli.I would like to thank Joe Borg for the sterling work he h-
as done in the last five years as Fisheries and Marritime Affairs Commissioner.Joe Borg has
kept Malta high in dignity during the last Commission.Well Done Mr. Joe Borg.
So much for local media speculation that giving our name late will lend us a meagre portfolio !
So much for sending John Dalli away from our island - I guess he won't feel nearer anyway given the assignment and our reality.
Well done to our makku island swimming in the waters full of baleni !
Good Luck Mr.Dalli, thank you Dr.Borg, well done Prime Minister !
Good luck Mr. Dalli and best wishes!
John Dalli kien strumentali biex il-qasam tas-servizzi finanzjarji jkollu bazi soda f’pajjizna u llum qed ihaddem eluf ta’ haddiema Maltin u Ghawdxin. Kien ukoll responsabbli minn riformi kbar fis-sistema tat-tassazzjoni f’pajjizna u mexxa n-negozjati biex f’pajjizna gie l-bank ta’ fama internazzjonali l-HSBC lil tat lil Malta riljev qawwi fid-dinja finanzjarja u bankarja.
Minkejja l-attakki feroci u kontinwi tal-Partit Laburista fuq John Dalli, illum John Dalli qed jaghmel unur kbir lill-pajjizna bil-portafoll li nghata mill-President tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea Jose’ Manuel Barroso.
Il-PN jawgura lil John Dalli u kburi li ghal snin twal John Dalli hadem fl-istrutturi kollha tieghu u kien xprun ewlieni biex il-politika tal-PN titwettaq bil-bniedem fic-centru taghha.
Il-PN jirringrazzja lil Joe Borg, l-ewwel kummissarju ewropew Malti li bil-hidma tieghu fil-qasam importanti tas-sajd u l-affarijiet marittimi ghamel isem mill-aqwa lil pajjizna xhieda ta' dan il-fiducja li l-UE uriet bil-portafoll li nghata l-kummissarju ewropew gdid John Dalli
Il-portafoll li nghata l-Kummissarju Ewropew Malti John Dalli, s-sahha u l-politika dwar il-konsumatur jaghmel unur kbir lil pajjizna. Is-sahha u l-konsumatur huma zewg oqsma ta’ importanza kbira ghac-cittadini kollha tal-UE u l-fatt li dawn l-oqsma nghataw lil Kummissarju Malti jaghmel unur kbir lil pajjizna u lill-poplu taghna.
Ghal darb’ohra, pajjizna permezz ta’ John Dalli, ta’ prova li c-cokon tad-daqs mhux xkiel ghall-kontrubut li Malta taghti fl-UE. John Dalli se jkun fost il-kummissarji ewropej bl-aktar karigi importanti.
Il-portafoll li nghata t-tieni kummissarju Malti hu xhieda ta' kemm kienet ghaqlija d-decizjoni tal-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi li nnomina lil John Dalli ghal din il-kariga prestiggjuza u li ggib maghha responsabbiltajiet kbar.
Illum John Dalli hu l-aktar Ministru li ilu fil-Kabinett ta’ Gvern immexxi mill-Partit Nazzjonalista. Beda bhala Segretarju Parlamentari fl-1987 u kien fil-kabinett ta’ kull Gvern immexxi mill-PN. John Dalli kien Segretarju Parlamentari ghall-Industrija u Ministru ghall-Ekonomija, Finanzi, Affarijiet Barranin u f’din il-legislatura Ministru ghall-Politika Socjali li fost ir-responsabbiltajiet tieghu kellhu l-qasam tas-sahha. John Dalli ghandu esperjenza twila fil-qasam finanzjarju u ekonomiku mas-settur privat kif ukoll fi Brussell, kif ukoll kien Kontrollur Finanzjarju tal-PN u l-kumpaniji tieghu.
Many people consider energy as one of the main challenges in this country but I am sorry to say they are wrong. The social services of this country have been used and abused to their stretched limit and this has made their future precarious to say the least, and hence emerging as one of the toughest problems this country must solve in the near future.
Dr.Gonzi’s choice for a European post may be good for Europe but very bad for the nation. Few are those individuals on the Government’s side, except Austin Gatt , that are hard headed enough to execute a tough policy to put the house in order were needed.
Let’s hope Dr.Gonzi will appoint a Minister for the post left void by John Dalli who is able to fill, at least, one of the boots Dalli left behind.
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