00:00The Romanian MEP Roxana Minzatu is her country's designated commissioner after her government changed candidate and put forward a woman.
00:10The move is in support of Commissioner President Ursula von der Leyen's right for gender equality.
00:16She asked each country to send a man and a woman for her to choose from.
00:22Romania is seeking an economic portfolio and Bucharest believes the former minister for EU funds and secretary of state for procurement is the right fit in terms of competence.
00:52Only around a third of EU countries have sent women, including Spain, Belgium and Bulgaria.
01:07The majority of others have for their own domestic reasons defied the request by Ursula von der Leyen to promote gender balance.
01:14Von der Leyen's last cabinet was nearly 50-50 man to woman.
01:18Minzatu believes the imbalance is in line with the rise of far-right nationalism across Europe.
01:48Ursula von der Leyen is due to announce her nominations for commissioners on September the 11th.
02:16After that, each designated commissioner will be scrutinized for their suitability by MEPs at the European Parliament later in the month.
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