Frans Timmermans, born on 6 May 1961 in Maastricht, is a Dutch politician. Timmermans is Executive Vice-President and Commissioner designate for European Green Deal.

After the hearing by the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) of the European Parliament, the committee prepares an evaluation letter on the candidate. Parliament is expected to vote on the new Commission as a whole on 23 October.

Hearing of Frans TIMMERMANS, Executive Vice-President-designate

The lead candidate of the Party of European Socialists (PES), Frans Timmermans, 57, was nominated by the members’ congress in Lisbon on 7-8 December 2018.

Frans TIMMERMANS (PvdA, Netherlands) currently serves as First Vice-President of the European Commission. He was first elected to the second chamber of the Dutch Parliament in 1998. From 2007 to 2010 he served as Secretary of State for European Affairs, and from 2012 to 2014 as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mark Rutte’s cabinet. Mr Timmermans holds a degree in French language and literature from Radboud University.

#EUelections2019 - Frans TIMMERMANS, lead candidate for the PES

S&D Pre-summit

Signing Ceremony Annual EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis.

EP Plenary session - Delivering on the Green Deal: risk of compromising the EU path to the green transition and its international commitments

ENVI Committee - Exchange of views with Frans Timmermans

AGRI Committee -  Exchange of views with EC Vice-President Timmermans on sustainable agri-food system and use of resources

Trilogue on Emissions Trading System

EP Plenary session - Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives: amendments (REPowerEU)

EP Plenary session - Outcome of the COP27

COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

Press conference on proposals for an emergency intervention to address high energy prices

Trilogue on the ' Fit for 2030 ' package.on EU ETS

EP Plenary session - Joint debate - Fit for 55

ENVI Committee - Exchange of views with Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, as part of the structured dialogue

EP Plenary session - Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

EP Plenary session - Urgent need to adopt the minimum tax directive

ENVI Extraordinary meeting - Exchange of views with Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans on the effects of the war in Ukraine on climate policies and on the European Green Deal

EP Plenary Session - Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Frans TIMMERMANS,  Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal, and Commissioner for Climate Action Policy

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DELEGATION TO GLASGOW - COP26

European Parliament delegation at COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (UK)

During the EP plenary session (24-27/10) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the report by Sophia in 't VELD (ALDE, NL)&nbsp;on EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights. Statements by Sophia IN'T VELD (ALDE, NL), Rapporteur, Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Frank ENGEL (EPP, LU), Monika FLASIKOVA BENOVA (S&amp;D, SK), Kazimierz Michał UJAZDOWSKI (ECR, PL), Maite PAGAZAURTUNDUA RUIZ (ALDE, ES), Barbara SPINELLI (GUE/NGL, IT) and Gilles LEBRETON (ENF, FR)

EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights: extracts from the debate on the report by Sophia in 't VELD (ALDE, NL)

During the EP plenary session (24-27 October 2016) in Strasbourg, MEPs debate on the Commission Work Programme 2017. Statements by Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, J&oacute;zsef SZAJER (EPP, HU), Maria Jo&atilde;o RODRIGUES (S&amp;D, PT), Vicky FORD (ECR, UK), Sophia IN'T VELD (ALDE, NL), and Bas EICKHOUT (Greens/EFA, NL).

Commission Work Programme 2017: extracts from the debate

Socialist leaders meet ahead of the European Council, in Brussels. Arrival of Liviu DRAGNEA, President of PSD (Romania), Stefan L&Ouml;FVEN, Prime Minister of SwedenBohuslav SOBOTKA, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic,&nbsp;Gianni PITTELLA, President of the S&amp;D Group in the EP, Frans TIMMERMANS, Vice President of the European Commission, Federica MOGHERINI, High Represantative of EU, Harlem DESIR, French Minister for European Affairs, Robert FICO, Slovak Prime Minister, Maros SEFCOVIC, Commissioner for Energy Union, Werner FAYMANN, Austrian Prime Minister, and Martin SCHULZ, EP President.
Statement by Gianni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT), Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and Martin SCHULZ, EP President

Socialist leaders meet ahead of the European Council: arrivals and statements

Debate on the Recent developments in Poland and their impact on fundamental rights, during the EP plenary session (12-15/09/2016) in Strasbourg. Statements by Ivan KORCOK, Slovak Secretary of State, on behalf of the Council, Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI (EPP, PL), Giovanni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT), Ryszard LEGUTKO (ECR, PL), Sophia IN'T VELD (ALDE, NL), and Robert Jarosław IWASZKIEWICZ (EFDD, PL).

Recent developments in Poland and their impact on fundamental rights: extracts from the debate

Debate during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg on the preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2017. Statements by Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, J&oacute;zsef SZ&Aacute;JER (EPP, HU), Maria Jo&atilde;o RODRIGUES (S&amp;D, PT), Vicky FORD (ECR, UK), Sophia IN'T VELD (ALDE, NL), Bas EICKHOUT (Greens/EFA, NL) and David BORRELLI (EFDD, IT).

Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2017 : extracts from the debate

Debate during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg on the programme of activities of the Slovak Presidency. Statement by Robert FICO, Slovak Prime Minister and President in office of the Council of the EU, Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), EPP Group leader, Giovanni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT), S&amp;D Group leader, Ashley FOX (ECR, UK), Pavel TELIČKA (ALDE, CZ),&nbsp;Rebecca HARMS (Greens/EFA, DE), Greens/EFA co-Group leader and Petr MACH (EFDD, CZ).

Programme of activities of the Slovak Presidency: extracts from the debate

Debate during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg on the review of the Dutch Presidency. Statement by Mark RUTTE, Dutch Prime Minister, Esther de LANGE (EPP, NL), Paul TANG (S&amp;D, NL), Syed KAMALL (ECR, UK), Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), Dennis de JONG (GUE/NGL, NL), Philippe LAMBERTS (Greens/EFA, BE) and Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Review of the Dutch Presidency: extracts from the debate

Debate during the plenary session of July in Strasbourg on the European border and coast guard. Statements by Artis PABRIKS (LT, EPP), Rapporteur, Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, Member of the EC in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Alain CADEC (EPP, FR), from EP Committee on Fisheries, Monika HOHLMEIER (EPP, DE) and P&eacute;ter NIEDERM&Uuml;LLER (S&amp;D, HU).

European Border and Coast Guard: extracts from the debate

EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum)

(0) EP Extraordinary Plenary session (Outcome of the UK's EU membership referendum): atmosphere in the plenary before the beginning of the meeting

Editing shots during the&nbsp;extraordinary EP Plenary session on the outcome of teh UK referendum. Arrivals, greetings and cutaways of Federica MOGHERINI, Manfred WEBER, Jean-Claude JUNCKER, EC President, Guy VERHOFSTADT, Frans TIMMERMANS, Nigel FARAGE, Gabrielle ZIMMER, Philippe LAMBERTS, Gianni PITTELLA, Jonathan HILL.&nbsp;

Editing shots during the extraordinary EP Plenary session on the outcome of the UK referendum

PES leaders meet ahead of the European Council, at the Albert Hall, in Brussels. Arrivals&nbsp;of Corina CRETU, Liviu DRAGNEA, Jean ASSELBORN, Alexis TSIPRAS, Pierre MOSCOVICI, Christian KERN, Dejan ZIDAN, Joseph MUSCAT, Frans TIMMERMANS, Stefan LOFVEN, Federica MOGHERINI, Maros SEFCOVIC, Gianni PITTELLA, Martin SCHULZ and Matteo RENZI. Statements by Martin SCHULZ, EP President, and Sigmar GABRIEL, German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy.

PES leaders meet ahead of the European Council: arrivals

Debate on the state of play of the external aspects of the European migration agenda; Towards a new 'Migration Compact', during the EP plenary session (06-09 June) in Strasbourg. Statements by Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Federica MOGHERINI, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the EC, Manfred WEBER (EPP, DE), Giovanni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT), Helga STEVENS (ECR, BE), Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE), Barbara SPINELLI (GUE/NGL, IT) and Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL)

State of play of the external aspects of the European migration agenda; Towards a new 'Migration Compact': extracts from the debate

Debate on the Common European Asylum System reform, during the EP plenary session (09-12 May 2016) in Strasbourg. Opening statements by Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, Member of the EC in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship.&nbsp;

Common European Asylum System reform: extracts from the opening statements

Debate on the&nbsp;Legal aspects, democratic control and implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement, during the EP plenary session (27-28 April 2016) in Brussels. Statements by&nbsp;Klaas DIJKHOFF, Dutch Minister for Migration, Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights

Legal aspects, democratic control and implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement: extracts from the Council and Commission statements

Socialist leaders meet ahead of the European Council, at the Albert Hall in Brussels. Cutaways of Antonio COSTA, Portuguese Prime Minister, Stefan LOFVEN, Swedish Prime Minister, Liviu DRAGNEA, Romanian Leader PSD, Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, Corina CREŢU, Member of the EC in charge of Regional Policy, Diederik SAMSOM, Leader PvdA, Netherlands and Gianni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT) Group Leader of the S&amp;D Group, Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Alexis TSIPRAS, Greek Prime Minister, Fran&ccedil;ois HOLLANDE, President of the French Republic, Bohuslav SOBOTKA, Czech Prime Minister, Werner FAYMANN, Austrian Federal Chancellor, Pedro SANCHEZ, Leader of the Spanish Party PSOE.

Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of Presidents with Martin SCHULZ, EP President and in the presence of Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, in the EP in Brussels. Arrival and roundtable

Extraordinary meeting of the Conference of Presidents with Martin SCHULZ, EP President and in the presence of Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC

Debate on Communication on implementing the European agenda on migration&nbsp;during the EP Plenary session (7-10 March) in Strasbourg. Statements by Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Birgit SIPPEL (S&amp;D, DE), Roberta METSOLA (EPP, MT), Cornelia ERNST (GUE/NGL, DE), Timothy KIRKHOPE (ECR, UK) and Elmar BROK (EPP, DE)

Communication on implementing the European agenda on migration: extracts from the debate

Socialist leaders meet ahead of the European Council at the&nbsp;Monts des Arts in Brussels. Arrival of Diederik Samsom, Leader of the Labour Party in the Dutch House of Representatives, Frans Timmermans, first Vice-President of the European Commission,&nbsp;Martin Schulz, EP President, Stefan Lofven, Swedish Prime Minister, Bert Koenders, Netherland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Antonio Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal, Fran&ccedil;ois Hollande, President of France. Statements by Martin SCHULZ, EP President, and Giovanni PITTELLA (S&amp;D, IT)
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