Von der Leyen Hands EU Climate Official Tax Portfolio (3)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday assigned Wopke Hoekstra the tax portfolio for the commission’s next five-year mandate.

At the same time, she handed other policy areas—such as reporting obligations and energy taxation—to other commissioners.

If confirmed, Hoekstra, now the commissioner for climate action, will continue in that role with the addition of the tax portfolio.

In a letter Tuesday to Hoekstra about his new role, the commission president wrote that he should develop a “coherent tax framework for the EU’s financial sector” and continue the work on the “reform of corporate taxation, including by ...