
Email: cab-suica-contact@ec.europa.eu
Address: Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200, 1049 Brussels, Belgium
Responsibilities
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
- Scaricahrvatski(606.51 KB - PDF)
European Parliament hearings
Calendar
Vice-President Suica in Dubrovnik, HR: delivers a keynote speech at the conference 'Dubrovnik Media Days' organized by the University of DBK, European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) and the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (HAZU)
- Croatia
Vice-President Suica in Strasbourg, FR: attends the College meeting
- France
Transparency
As part of the Commission’s commitment to transparency, Commissioners and their members of Cabinet publish information on meetings held with organisations or self-employed individuals.
- Meetings with Vice-President Šuica
- Meetings with the Vice-President's Cabinet
- Missions of Vice-President Šuica
In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a Declaration of Interests.
A signed, authentic version is published at the bottom of this page.
A machine-readable version of all Declarations is also published. This is in line with the requirements of the Code of Conduct.
The Declarations of Interests follow the requirements set out in Article 3 and in Annex 1 of the new Code of Conduct for Commissioners.
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 & demography - reflections & a way forward in the European and global context
It has been a while since my last blog and the weeks since have been very busy! During this time, I have continued my tour of EU Member States. I always try to meet a broad spectrum of stakeholders during these missions.
- News blog
Year 3 Democracy and Demography
2022 became the year in which war returned to the European continent, just as we were slowly emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic.