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political priority<strong> "Europe Fit for the Digital Age"</strong>.</li> <li>Chairing the Commissioners’ Group on a <strong>Europe Fit for the Digital Age</strong></li> <li>Commissioner for <strong>Competition.</strong></li> <li>Co-leading on a strategy on <strong>small and medium-sized businesses</strong> <strong>and start-ups</strong> and a long-term strategy for the EU's <strong>industrial future,</strong> including <strong>competition </strong>aspects.</li> <li>Ensuring synergies between <strong>civil, defence and space industries</strong>.</li> <li>Coordinating work on a <strong>European strategy on data</strong> and on a European approach to <strong>artificial intelligence</strong>, including its <strong>human and ethical implications</strong>.</li> <li>Steering work on upgrading liability and safety rules for digital platforms, services and products as part of a <strong>new Digital Services Act</strong>, ensuring working conditions of platform workers are properly addressed.</li> <li>Coordinating the Commission's work to achieve <strong>fair digital taxation</strong>.</li> <li>Strengthening the <strong>enforcement of,</strong> and<strong> reviewing, </strong><strong>EU competition rules</strong>.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3>Mission letter</h3> <div xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" class="ecl-file" data-ecl-file="" id="ecl-file-1364535416" data-ecl-auto-init="FileDownload"><div class="ecl-file__container"><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--2xl ecl-file__icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true"><use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="/themes/contrib/oe_theme/dist/ec/images/icons/sprites/icons.svg#file"></use></svg><div class="ecl-file__info"><ul class="ecl-file__detail-meta"><li class="ecl-file__detail-meta-item">1 DECEMBER 2019</li></ul><div class="ecl-file__title" id="ecl-file-1364535416-title">President von der Leyen's mission letter to Margrethe Vestager</div></div></div><div class="ecl-file__footer"><div 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class="ecl-content-item-block"><div class="ecl-row"><div class="ecl-content-item-block__item contextual-region ecl-u-mb-l ecl-col-12 "><article class="ecl-content-item" ><div class="ecl-content-block ecl-content-item__content-block" data-ecl-auto-init="ContentBlock" data-ecl-content-block ><ul class="ecl-content-block__primary-meta-container"><li class="ecl-content-block__primary-meta-item">27 November 2024</li></ul><div class="ecl-content-block__title"data-ecl-title-link><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_24_6110" class="ecl-link ecl-link--standalone" >Statement by EVP Margrethe Vestager at the Joint European Forum for IPCEI (JEF-IPCEI)</a></div></div></article></div><div class="ecl-content-item-block__item contextual-region ecl-u-mb-l ecl-col-12 last-item-column last-item"><article class="ecl-content-item" ><div class="ecl-content-block ecl-content-item__content-block" data-ecl-auto-init="ContentBlock" data-ecl-content-block ><ul class="ecl-content-block__primary-meta-container"><li class="ecl-content-block__primary-meta-item">26 November 2024</li></ul><div class="ecl-content-block__title"data-ecl-title-link><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_6081" class="ecl-link ecl-link--standalone" >Commission approves French State aid to Corsica Linea and La Méridionale for maritime transport services</a></div></div></article></div></div><div class="ecl-u-border-color-neutral ecl-u-border-width-1 ecl-u-border-top"></div><div class="ecl-row"><div class="ecl-content-item-block__button ecl-col-12"><div class="ecl-u-clearfix ecl-u-pv-m"><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/home/en?commissioner=181&dotyp=SPEECH%2CIP%2CSTATEMENT#news-block" class="ecl-link ecl-link--standalone ecl-link--icon" ><span class="ecl-link__label">All news</span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--xs ecl-icon--rotate-180 ecl-link__icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" ><use 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href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyinitiative/meetings/meeting.do?host=0871ac61-9c08-4cf3-831f-e98984b76783">Meetings with Executive Vice-President Vestager</a></li> <li><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyinitiative/meetings/meeting.do?host=d8a59d72-9a30-4dd4-a283-ba9c68e214e2">Meetings with the Executive Vice-President's Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyinitiative/meetings/mission.do?host=0871ac61-9c08-4cf3-831f-e98984b76783">Missions of Executive Vice-President Vestager</a></li> </ul> <p>No information is published on meetings taking place in the context of antitrust (including cartels), merger control or state aid procedures. This is in accordance with the <a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2014.343.01.0022.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2014:343:TOC">relevant Commission decision</a>.</p> <p>In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a <strong>Declaration of Interests</strong>.</p> <p>A <strong>signed, authentic version</strong> is published at the bottom of this page.</p> <p>A <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/service-standards-and-principles/ethics-and-good-administration/commissioners-and-ethics/code-conduct-members-european-commission_en#declarations-of-interests" class="ecl-link">machine-readable version</a> of all Declarations is also published. This is in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct.</p> <p>The Declarations of Interests follow the requirements set out in Article 3 and in Annex 1 of the new <a href="https://commission.europa.eu/about-european-commission/service-standards-and-principles/ethics-and-good-administration/commissioners-and-ethics/code-conduct-members-european-commission_en" class="ecl-link">Code of Conduct for Commissioners</a>.</p></div> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_98"></a> <h2 class="ecl-u-type-heading-2"> Biography </h2> <ol class="ecl-timeline" data-ecl-auto-init="Timeline" data-ecl-timeline ><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-819666440"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2019 - present</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">Executive Vice-President for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age and Competition, European Commission</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-1708043206"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2014-2019</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">Commissioner for Competition, European Commission</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-897229127"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2011-2014</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior, Denmark</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-1690551065"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2007-2014</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">Political Leader of the Social Liberal Party, Denmark</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-153754768"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2011-2014</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">Member of Parliament, Denmark</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li><li class="ecl-timeline__item" id="ecl-timeline-item-680425590"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip"><div class="ecl-timeline__tooltip-arrow"></div><div class="ecl-timeline__label">2000-2001</div><div class="ecl-timeline__title">Minister for Education, Denmark</div><div class="ecl-timeline__content"></div></div></li></ol> </div> <div class="ecl-u-mb-2xl"> <a id="paragraph_99"></a> <div class="ecl"> <div xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" class="ecl-file" data-ecl-file="" id="ecl-file-559206509" data-ecl-auto-init="FileDownload"><div class="ecl-file__container"><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--2xl 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