New line-up of European Commission announced

European Commission president-elect Jean Claude Juncker announced a new line-up of the European Commission Wednesday, with politicians from Britain, Germany, France, Sweden and the Netherlands assigned to important posts.

Among the members, 14 are affiliated to the European People's Party (EPP), eight are affiliated to the Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats (S&D), five are affiliated to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and one is affiliated to the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), Xinhua reported.

Among the vice-presidents, the high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy and the first vice-president are affiliated to the S&D, three vice-presidents are affiliated to the European People's Party (EPP) and two are affiliated to the ALDE.

Different from the previous commission, in the Juncker Commission there will be six vice-presidents in addition to the high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy who is at the same time a vice-president of the commission.