New EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
Pierre Moscovici has been appointed Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs and is set to take office from 1 November 2014.
Moscovici is a former French finance minister who served in Francois Hollande’s socialist government. He has extensive experience of the European Union, having served as European affairs minister between 1997 and 2002 and then as a vice president of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2007.