Responsibilities
As Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica’s task is to create a common and people-centred agenda and develop partnerships with the Mediterranean region and countries across our Southern Neighbourhood based on common values and dialogue. She is also the Commissioner in charge of demography.
She is responsible for:
- leading the work on the New Pact for the Mediterranean to address shared challenges and invest in a common future, building partnerships focused on investment, economic stability, jobs, energy, transport, security, migration, and other areas of mutual interest
- setting up a Trans-Mediterranean Energy and Clean Tech Cooperation Initiative to increase renewable energy trading and boost clean tech manufacturing in the region
- working with partners in the region to operationalise the external aspects of migration policy, such as border controls and fighting smugglers, in respect of human rights, as well as work more closely on security, fighting organised crime and terrorism
- supporting the High Representative/Vice-President on the Middle East and the Gulf
- steering the implementation of the Demography Toolbox to help Member States address their demographic challenges
- supporting work on increasing participation in the labour market, especially by women, young people and other underrepresented groups
Read more about the EU’s cooperation with its Southern Neighbourhood, the Middle East crisis and the impact of demographic change in Europe
Calendar
- Rome, Italy
- Roma, Italy
Transparency
Meetings and missions
As part of the Commission's commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their Cabinet members publish information on and minutes of all meetings they hold with interest representatives. Every two months, they also publish an overview of mission expenses.
- Meetings with Commissioner Šuica
- Meetings with Commissioner Šuica's Cabinet members
- Missions of Commissioner Šuica
European Parliament hearings
Read Commissioner Šuica's answers to the European Parliament questionnaire.
Declaration of interests
In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Member of the Commission publishes a declaration of interests. The declarations of the Commissioners-designate can be found on the European Parliament’s website, where they were published before the confirmation hearings of the Commissioners.
The declarations of interests of the new Members of the Commission will be updated and published here at the beginning of 2025 in line with Article 3 of the Code of Conduct for the Members of the European Commission. Machine-readable versions of all declarations will also be made available in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct. The declarations of interests follow the requirements set out in Article 3 and Annex 1 of the Code of Conduct for Commissioners.
Biography
- 2024-present
European Commissioner for the Mediterranean
- 2022-present
Vice-President of European People’s Party (EPP)
- 2019
Vice-Chair of the EPP Group in the European Parliament
- 2019–2024
European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography
- 2013–2019
Member of the European Parliament, Head of the Croatian EPP delegation and Vice-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) (2016-2019)
- 2012–2019
Chair of the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) Committee on Foreign Affairs and European Affairs
- 2012–present
Vice-President of EPP Women
- 2012–2016
Vice-President of the HDZ
- 2009–2015
Councilor, Dubrovnik City Council
- 2006-2009
Councilor, Dubrovnik-Neretva County Assembly
- 2004–2014
Vice-President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe
- 2001–2009
Mayor of the city of Dubrovnik
- 2000–2011
Member of the Croatian Parliament
- 1998-2001
Councilor, Dubrovnik-Neretva County Assembly
- 1997–1998
Councilor, Dubrovnik City Council