<p>Dubravka Suica, born on 20 May 1957 in Dubrovnik, is a Croatian politician who has been a member of the European Parliament since 2013.</p>

<p>After the hearing by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) 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.</p>

Hearing of Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President-designate, Democracy and Demograp

Dubravka Šuica was Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography in the von der Leyen Commission I and Member of the European Parliament from 2013 to 2019. She is now European Commissioner-designate for the Mediterranean, for the von der Leyen Commission II.

Confirmation hearing of Dubravka ŠUICA, Commissioner-designate, Mediterranean

Plenary session week 24 2015 in Strasbourg - Climate change

Plenary session week 21 2015 in Strasbourg - Eastern Partnership summit

Plenary Session week 21 2015 in strasbourg - 2014 Progress Report on Turkey

17th EP-Bosnia and Herzegovina Inter-Parliamentary Meeting

Plenary session week 18 2015 in Strasbourg - Progress report on Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ulrike LUNACEK, Dubravka SUICA, S. HAMITTI

7th EP-Kosovo Inter-Parliamentary Meeting

Plenary session week 18 2015  in Strasbourg - Report of the extraordinary European Council meeting (23 April 2015) - The latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies  European Council and Commission statements

Plenary session week 18 2015 in Strasbourg - Reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags

Plenary session week 18 2015 in Strasbourg - Alcohol strategy

Plenary session week 13 in Brussels - Joint debate Tax policy

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg - Sustainable exploitation of sea bass

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg - 2014 Progress report on Montenegro

Plenary session week 11 2015 in Strasbourg - Dimensions and weights of road vehicles circulating within the Community

Plenary session week 9 in Brussels

Plenary session week 7 2015 in Strasbourg

Plenary session week 7 2015 in Strasbourg - Cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences

EP Plenary session - Deteriorating situation in Gaza following the non-extension of the ceasefire

AFET - Exchange of views with Dubravka Šuica, Commissioner for the Mediterranean

EP Plenary session - Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

EP Plenary session - Wider comprehensive EU-Middle East Strategy

EP Plenary session - Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox

EP Plenary session - Crackdown on peaceful pro-European demonstrators in Georgia

New College of Commissioners family photo.

AFET - Confirmation hearing of Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner-designate for Mediterranean

AFCO hearing on the CoFE follow-up

EP Plenary session - Creation of a European initiative for an annual designation of European capitals for childrenEP Plenary session - Creation of a European initiative for an annual designation of European capitals for children

EP Plenary session - Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Destruction of judicial independence and the persecution of democrats in Hong Kong

EMPL - Exchange of views with Dubravka Šuica (Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography)

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President of the European Commission

EMPL Interparliamentary Committee Meeting ' Children at the heart of Europe: Two years of the European Child Guarantee '

EP Plenary session - Sustainable carbon cycles

Presentation of the book ' Paths of the Righteous '

Conference on the Future of Europe - Feedback Event - Press Conference

Conference on the Future of Europe - Feedback Event

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, participates in the inauguration of the Europa Experience in Zagreb in the presence of Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean and Gordan GRLIĆ RADMAN, Croatian Minister for Foreign and European Affairs. Europa Experiences are multimedia spaces around Europe with interactive tools that offer you direct and fascinating insight into how we work together at the European level to tackle today’s most important challenges. This news item shows extracts of President Metsola inaugurating the Europa Experience, addressing the audience and talking with students.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, to Zagreb (Croatia) with Dubravka ŠUICA, EC for the Mediterranean and Gordan GRLIĆ RADMAN, Croatian Minister for Foreign and European Affairs: extracts from the Inauguration of the Europa Experience

Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs, and Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, open the plenary debate on the deterioration of the situation in Gaza, following the non-extension of the ceasefire. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Deteriorating situation in Gaza following the non-extension of the ceasefire: opening statements by Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs, and Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean

Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs, and Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, close the plenary debate on the deterioration of the situation in Gaza, following the non-extension of the ceasefire.

Deteriorating situation in Gaza following the non-extension of the ceasefire: Closing statements by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean and Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs

Parliament discuss how the EU can contribute to a just transition and reconstruction in Syria, followed by a vote on a resolution. As part of the efforts to assist Syria's path to recovery and this inclusive political transition, the EU suspended a number of restrictive measures against the former regime in February 2025. Closing statements by Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs, and Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean.

The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria: closing statements by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, and Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs

Parliament discuss how the EU can contribute to a just transition and reconstruction in Syria, followed by a vote on a resolution. As part of the efforts to assist Syria's path to recovery and this inclusive political transition, the EU suspended a number of restrictive measures against the former regime in February 2025. Opening statements by Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs, and Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

The need for EU support towards a just transition and reconstruction in Syria: opening statements by Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs, and Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean

In summer 2024, while presenting her political programme to Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen said that active EU engagement with the Middle East would be one of her priorities if re-elected as Commission President. In President von der Leyen’s mission letter to Kaja Kallas, published in autumn 2024, she tasked the new EU foreign policy chief with presenting a comprehensive EU Middle East strategy, “with a view to the day after the war in Gaza”. The focus of the strategy should, she said, be the promotion “of all the steps needed for the two-state solution and strengthening partnerships with key regional stakeholders”. Closing statements by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean and by Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs

Wider comprehensive EU-Middle East Strategy: Closing statements by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean and by Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs

In summer 2024, while presenting her political programme to Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen said that active EU engagement with the Middle East would be one of her priorities if re-elected as Commission President. In President von der Leyen’s mission letter to Kaja Kallas, published in autumn 2024, she tasked the new EU foreign policy chief with presenting a comprehensive EU Middle East strategy, “with a view to the day after the war in Gaza”. The focus of the strategy should, she said, be the promotion “of all the steps needed for the two-state solution and strengthening partnerships with key regional stakeholders”. Opening statements Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs and by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Wider comprehensive EU-Middle East Strategy: Opening statements Adam SZŁAPKA, Polish Minister for European Affairs and by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean

MEPs discuss the programme of Poland’s six-month Council Presidency, which started on 1 January, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The Polish government has stated that its second EU Presidency comes “at a time of uncertainty and concern” with regard to the consequences of Russia’s three-year-long war against Ukraine, rising geopolitical tensions, migration pressure and declining European competitiveness. The presidency’s slogan "Security, Europe!" expresses Poland’s objective to strengthen European security in all dimensions: external, internal, information, economic, energy, food and health. Closing statement by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, and Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency: Closing statement by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, and Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister

MEPs discuss the programme of Poland’s six-month Council Presidency, which started on 1 January, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. The Polish government has stated that its second EU Presidency comes “at a time of uncertainty and concern” with regard to the consequences of Russia’s three-year-long war against Ukraine, rising geopolitical tensions, migration pressure and declining European competitiveness. The presidency’s slogan "Security, Europe!" expresses Poland’s objective to strengthen European security in all dimensions: external, internal, information, economic, energy, food and health. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency: opening statement by Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister and by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean

This news item focuses on the plenary debate around the programme of Poland's Council Presidency, which began on 1st January. This debate follows up on the presentation of the priorities delivered by the Polish Prime Minister, Donald TUSK. The Polish government has stated that its second EU Presidency comes “at a time of uncertainty and concern” with regard to the consequences of Russia’s three-year-long war against Ukraine, rising geopolitical tensions, migration pressure and declining European competitiveness. Poland’s objective is to strengthen European security in all dimensions, including protection of both external and internal borders, economy, energy, food and health. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency with Donald TUSK, Polish Prime Minister: arrival, meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and extracts from the debate

MEPs review the outcome of the 19 December European Council meeting with Presidents António Costa and Ursula von der Leyen. The latest developments in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East are among the expected topics of discussion. Closing statements by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, and António COSTA, President of the European Council.

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 December 2024: Closing statements by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, and António COSTA, President of the European Council

In a debate with Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, MEPs take stock of the street protests rocking Georgia following the recent disputed elections. The current demonstrations were triggered by the Georgian government’s decision to pause the country’s EU accession process following disputed parliamentary elections in October 2024. The latest ballot saw the ruling Georgian Dream party claim victory, despite the Georgian opposition and international observers, including MEPs, warning of serious irregularities.

Crackdown on peaceful pro-European demonstrators in Georgia: Opening statement by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean

In a debate with European Commissioner for Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica, MEPs take stock of the street protests rocking Georgia following the recent disputed elections. The current demonstrations were triggered by the Georgian government’s decision to pause the country’s EU accession process following disputed parliamentary elections in October 2024. The latest ballot saw the ruling Georgian Dream party claim victory, despite the Georgian opposition and international observers, including MEPs, warning of serious irregularities.

Crackdown on peaceful pro-European demonstrators in Georgia: One round of political group speakers

Crackdown on peaceful pro-European demonstrators in Georgia: Closing statement by Dubravka ŠUICA, European Commissioner for the Mediterranean

In a debate with European Commissioner Dubravka Šuica, MEPs take stock of the street protests rocking Georgia following the recent disputed elections.

Crackdown on peaceful pro-European demonstrators in Georgia: extracts from the debate

Family photo with the College of new elected commissioners after the voting session and the debate with European Commission President-elect von der Leyen on her team and programme.

Presentation by the Commission President-elect of the College of Commissioners and its programme: family photo

MEPs debate with European Commission President-elect von der Leyen on her team and programme. Any political group or at least one-twentieth of MEPs (low threshold) may table a motion for a resolution. Once elected by Parliament and after its formal appointment by the European Council via a qualified majority, the new European Commission is expected to take up its duties on 1 December 2024. Arrival of the commissioners-designate in the hemicycle in Strasbourg.

Presentation by the Commission President-elect of the College of Commissioners and its programme: atmosphere shots in the chamber

From 4th to 12th November 2024, the European Parliament held the Confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate, in Brussels. This clip is a compilation of cutaways from the 26 hearings.

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