Roxana Mînzatu, the designated Executive Vice President for Skills, Competencies and Foresight, appeared nervous at the start of her hearing. In her opening statement, she listed the numerous initiatives that she wants to launch in her area of responsibility, most of which are already known from her mission letter. She knows that she has a lot to do, as she admitted in very confident English. Without becoming pathetic, however, the relatively unknown Romanian social democrat said: „The risk is not to set goals that are too high and not achieve them, but to set goals that are too low and then achieve them.“