The Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament (EP) has decided on the detailed calendar for the hearings of Commissioners-designate. The hearings will take place from 4 to 12 November 2024. After the consultation of committee chairs, the European Parliament President and political group leaders adopted the detailed schedule of which Commissioner-designate will be heard by which committees and at which time slot. The hearing of Commissioner-designate for Start-ups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva, will take place on 5 November 2024, 09:00 – 12:00 a.m., at the ITRE Committee. The confirmation hearings will be streamed live by the EP.
European Parliament leaders also adopted the written questions prepared by the different committees that Commissioners-designate should reply to by 22 October 2024. Each hearing will be followed by a meeting in which the Chairs of the Committees and group representatives (coordinators) concerned will evaluate the performance of the Commissioner-designate they just heard.