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Paolo Gentiloni

COMMISSIONER (2019-2024)

  • Paolo Gentiloni
    Economy

    Email: cab-gentiloni-contactatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (cab-gentiloni-contact[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

    Adress: Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200, 1049 Brussels, Belgium

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Responsibilities

  • Coordinating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of the European Semester cycle of economic governance
  • Further deepening the Economic and Monetary Union
  • Applying the Stability and Growth Pact, using the full flexibility allowed in the rules to support investment while safeguarding fiscal responsibility
  • Leading the work on the design of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme
  • Coordinating the launch of the InvestEU programme and setting up and implementing the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan
  • Ensuring Eurostat continues to provide independent, credible and high-quality statistics
  • Leading international efforts to find an agreed approach on the taxation of the digital economy and pursuing efforts to make a common consolidated corporate tax base a reality in the EU
  • In the framework of the European Green Deal, leading the review of the Energy Taxation Directive and preparing the proposal for a Carbon Border Tax
  • Continuing to fight tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance both within the EU and around the world
  • Working closely with Member States on the full implementation of the Union Customs Code and developing an integrated European approach to reinforce risk management at the EU’s external border

Mission letter

  • 1 DECEMBER 2019
President von der Leyen's mission letter to Paolo Gentiloni

European Parliament hearings

  • 1 DECEMBER 2019
Paolo Gentiloni's answers to the European Parliament questionnaire

Team

Paolo Gentiloni's team supports him in his daily work

My team   

Media Gallery

Calendar

Participates in the Il Regno conference "The Divided History: Post-Fascism and Post-Communism in Italy and Europe", in Camaldoli (AR), Italy
  • Camaldoli (AR), Italy
  • Paolo Gentiloni
Attends the Wilson Center’s Global Advisory Council in Rome, Italy
  • Rome, Italy
  • Paolo Gentiloni

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.

In line with the Commission's Code of Conduct for Members of the Commission, each Commissioner publishes a Declaration of Interests.

signed, authentic version is published at the bottom of this page.

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

  1. 2019 - present
    European Commissioner for Economy
  2. 2001 - 2019
    Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Italy
  3. 2016 - 2018
    Prime Minister of Italy
  4. 2014 - 2016
    Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
  5. 2013-2014
    Member of the Permanent Committee on Africa and global questions and of the Committee for Foreign and European Affairs
  6. 2006 - 2008
    Minister of Communications
  7. 2002-2007
    Spokesperson for the Daisy Party (Margherita)
  8. 2005-2006
    Chairman of the Broadcasting Services Watchdog Committee
  • 1 DECEMBER 2019
Paolo Gentiloni's biography

 

Declaration of interests

  • 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Declaration of interests - Paolo Gentiloni