Malta’s commissioner listening to: Glenn Micallef quizzed on plan to spice up youth and tradition — reside updates

The Commission candidate of the European Union’s smallest nation is stepping as much as the plate.

In the lead-up to his listening to, Malta’s Glenn Micallef captured consideration for all of the mistaken causes: He’s younger (35); he’s a person (and his nation didn’t pitch a second feminine candidate to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen); and he’d by no means held ministerial workplace.

It landed Micallef the comparatively gentle Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport portfolio. But von der Leyen pushed intergenerational equity — the concept of not harming future generations — as a key idea in her program and requested her youngest incoming commissioner to develop a method underpinning it.

The listening to might characteristic a number of different thorny subjects: Creators and artists see their work threatened by the rise of synthetic intelligence, whereas younger folks grapple with myriad issues — amongst them psychological well being issues or cyberbullying. It all might make for a spicy change with lawmakers.

Tune in for all of the motion on Monday, Nov. 4, from 2.30 p.m.

In the meantime, yow will discover some background studying right here:

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