Helena DALLI, Commissioner-designate for Equality, is heard by the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and Committee on Employment (EMPL) in association with the Committee on Civil Liberties and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament in Brussels to test her general competences, European commitment and specific expertise related to her portfolio. Statements by Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ (ECR, SK), Evelyn REGNER (S&D, AT) and Helena DALLI, Commissioner-designate for Equality.

Brussels

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

REGNER, Evelyn (S&D, AT)

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

hearing of Commissioners

ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Lucia (Renew, SK)

2019 Commissioners' hearings (T)

hearing of Helena DALLI 2019 (T)

DALLI, Helena (MT, EC)

Hearing of Helena DALLI, Commissioner-designate, Equality: atmosphere shots

Shots of Commissioner-designate, Equality,  Helena Dalli arriving for her hearing at the European Parliament in Brussels.

SOUNDBITE (English), Evelyn REGNER (S&amp;D, AT), Dear Members of the European Parliament, dear listeners from all sides in Europe and first of all dear Commissioner designate Helena Dalli. We welcome you here as Commissioner-designate for equality to this joint hearing that I am happy to co-chair. I'm also very happy that the LIBE committee that is associated to this hearing is represented today. It's a great success that we have and will have a Commissioner for equality.

SOUNDBITE (English), Lucia &#270;URI&#352; NICHOLSONOV&#193; (ECR, SK), Hello to everybody let me welcome you here at the hearing of commissioner designate Madamme Dalli that we warmly welcome here. 

SOUNDBITE (English), Evelyn REGNER (S&amp;D, AT), The floor is yours Commissioner-designate, please don't exceed the 15 minutes that are given for your introductory remarks. So the floor is yours. 

SOUNDBITE (English), Helena DALLI, Commissioner-designate, Equality, I am ready to work hard with the task force on equality that has purposely been set up on a permanent basis, composed of senior representatives from all services of the Commission and the European external action service. I intend to work in dialogue with you the Members of the European Parliament, member states and members of the civil society. I intend to work collaboratively with all free from finger pointing to elevate this area both within the European Union and also externally. 