Romania is to play an important role at EU level in the current legislative period. The Romanian Social Democrat Roxana Mînzatu has been proposed by Ursula von der Leyen as one of six Executive Vice-Presidents. Her task: Commissioner for „People, Skills and Preparedness“. Behind the cloudy job description lies responsibility for employment, social affairs – and, for the first time, education. In the new Commission structure, the corresponding Directorates-General will largely fall under her supervisory remit.