The new EU commission, dubbed Barroso II, was approved by a "coalition of hypocrites" in the European Parliament, Green MEP's said in response to the vote. The Greens and EFA group voted against the new commission.
Green MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit stated that "The Socialist and Liberals played the charade of critisising the Commission, then voted in favour. This European Commission is not up to the challenges of the converging economic, social and environmental crises".
Green MEP Rebecca Harms followed this by adding "Barroso has shaped this Commission with the philosophy of divide and conquer. The new college of commissioners risks being characterised by internal power struggles instead of teamwork, due to the unclear division of responsibilities."
The Council of Ministers issued a statement yesterday evening confirming the approval.
Jos Delbeke, the former Deputy Chief of the Commissions Environment Department, becomes head of the new department on climate action under Barroso's second term as President of the EU Executive.
The former DG Environment is split into two seperate departments on Climate and Environment.
Karl Falkenberg will remain in the position as Director General of DG Environment.
Peter Vis will become Connie Hedegaard's (first EU Climate Commissioner) chef de cabinet, with Maria Kokkonen becoming the climate spokesperson.
The Head of DG Energy is now Philip Lowe.
The former Director General Energy and Transport Matthias Ruete, heads up the new DG transport under Commissioner Siim Kallas.
Source:
http://www.green-efa.org/cms/pressreleases/dok/326/326598/.barrosa_ill_comission@en.htm