The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula von der Leyen's policy plan for the next five years. A final vote is still pending next week, but on Thursday, Politico's Brussels Playbook newsletter reported a deal in the European Parliament on the appointments, suggesting it's 'now all but guaranteed' that the next European Commission will kick off on December 1. We've picked out three commissioner-designates to watch for tech policy moves as the next Commission takes up its five-year mandate, which runs into 2029, with responsibilities across areas like digital infrastructure and tech investment, support for startups, and enforcing the bloc's laws on Big Tech. Big Tech will be watching Teresa Ribera Rodriguez closely. Once confirmed in post, the Spanish center-left politician is set for a major EVP role in the incoming Commission heading up a climate brief-cum-economic transformation EVP role....
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