- Democracy and Demography
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Responsibilities
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Leading the Commission’s work on deliberative democracy and the Conference on the Future of Europe, giving people a say on how the EU is run and what it does.
- Statistical mapping of the impact of demographic change to feed into a report identifying support required, such as investment in infrastructure and access to services for those most vulnerable to demographic change.
- Coordinating work on a long-term vision for rural areas, including on the effects of demographic change on connectivity and access to services.
- Exploring ways to support areas most affected by ‘brain drain’, including through the Youth Guarantee.
- Producing a Green Paper on ageing and launching a broad debate on long-term impacts, such as on care and pensions, and supporting active ageing.
- Ensuring Europe’s social protection systems adequately address the needs of an ageing population and the risk of poverty.
- Better reconciling work and family and supporting people throughout careers, as part of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
- Coordinating work on the future Child Guarantee, ensuring access to services for children and support through to their adult lives.
- Preparing a comprehensive EU strategy on the rights of the child, including the protection of vulnerable children, protect children’s rights online and support child-friendly justice; and embed the strategy in the UN convention for the rights of the child and, in this regard, to lead the EU’s work in the multilateral context.
Mission letter
- 1 DECEMBER 2019
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European Parliament hearings
- 1 DECEMBER 2019
Transparency
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Biography
- 2019 - presentEuropean Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography
- 2019Vice Chair of EPP Group in the European Parliament
- 2013-2019Member of the European Parliament - Head of the Croatian European People's Party (EPP) delegation - Vice-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET)
- 2012-presentChair of the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) Committee on Foreign Affairs and European Affairs
- 2012-presentVice-President of EPP Women
- 2012–2016Vice-President of the HDZ
- 2004-2014Vice-President of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
- June-December 2019Vice-Chair of the EPP Group in the European Parliament
- 2000-2011Member of the Croatian Parliament
- 2001-2009Mayor of Dubrovnik
Blog
- News blog
Democracy is under threat around the world. A much greater share of the world’s population lives in autocracies today than in democracies. In the last decade, their proportion has increased from 48 to 71 per cent. At the same time, the quality of democracy has been declining in many parts of the wor
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BLOG Post: International Day of Families
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