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Olli Rehn (Finland) The other candidate from the Northern European countries is also Finnish and has extensive community experience, given that he was economic commissioner between 2010 and 2014 , in the midst of the financial crisis. Last year, he succeeded Liikanen as governor of the Bank of Finland, having been his country's economy minister since his return from Brussels. President of the European Council (November 30) Donald Tusk Donald Tusk Similar to what is happening in the European Parliament, the race to succeed the Polish conservative Donald Tusk has not yet begun , at least publicly.
The election of the next president of the European Council is carried out by vote within the institution itself, which is made up of the heads of State and Government of the 28 member SW Business Directory states. Although Tusk is in charge of supervising the process of electing the new senior community officials, his position is not one of the most coveted, given that he does not have executive powers , but rather his role is to mediate between the community leaders. EU member countries and represent the Union in its international relations. While waiting for the positions of the Commission and the European Parliament to be decided, the only candidate.
That has been suggested for the position is: Dalia Grybauskaite (Lithuania) The still president of Lithuania leaves office on July 12 and in Brussels her name has been raised to replace Donald Tusk, according to sources close to the community institutions. Not only is she the first woman to preside over her country or the first Lithuanian head of state to be re-elected, but she has accumulated experience in Brussels, where she was Commissioner for Education and later for Budgets . If she finally decides to make the jump to the Commission, her status as a woman and the fact that she comes from Eastern Europe will play in her favor , which has historically been underrepresented in community institutions since the entry of several countries from the former Warsaw Pact into the EU in 2004.