Source: European Parliament
On 5 November, the confirmation hearing of Commissioner-designate for Environment, Water Resilience, and a Competitive Circular Economy Jessika Roswall (Sweden) will take place.
The confirmation hearing will be led by ENVI. IMCO, ITRE, and AGRI committees are invited to participate in the hearing. It is expected to last three hours from 18:30 to 21:30 pm. ENVI Members will have the opportunity to question the Commissioner-designate on a variety of priority issues including, for instance, the need to develop a European Water Resilience Strategy to address water efficiency, scarcity, and pollution while considering the unique challenges faced by individual Member States. Another topic likely to come up is the Circular Economy Act and the challenge of creating market demand for secondary raw materials and establishing a single market for waste. The hearing will be the basis for the coordinators of the political groups in the committees responsible to assess whether the Commissioner-designate is qualified both to be a member of the College of Commissioners and to carry out the specific tasks assigned to her.