The 26 nominees from their Member States will have to prove that they have the qualifications and political profile to take on the portfolios assigned to them by President Ursula Von der Leyen (which was already approved by the European Parliament last July). EU DECODED explains the process, the political “games” and recalls what happens when some nominees are rejected. This happened to three nominees in 2019, and several others in the past! “I think it’s a very important process because, at the end of the day, the Commissioners are elected indirectly, they don’t go through a popular vote. I t…