Maroš Šefčovič

Maroš Šefčovič   (bureaucrat)
Born	24 July 1966 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Slovak
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Comenius University
Slovak diplomat who has held a number of European Commissioner posts, noticeably for "the European Green Deal". Attended Bilderberg/2024.  Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal In office 22 August 2023 - Present Employer European Commission Attended Bilderberg/2024  Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations In office 1 December 2019 - Present Employer European Commission Attended Bilderberg/2024  Acting European Commissioner/Climate Action In office 22 August 2023 - 9 October 2023 Preceded by Frans Timmermans  Acting European Commissioner/Digital Single Market In office 3 July 2019 - 30 November 2019  European Commissioner/Energy In office 1 November 2014 - 30 November 2019 Preceded by Günther Oettinger  Acting European Commissioner/Health and Consumer Policy In office 16 October 2012 - 28 November 2012  European Commissioner/Education and Training and Culture and Youth In office 1 October 2009 - 9 February 2010

Maroš Šefčovič is a Slovak diplomat and politician who has held a number of European Commissioner posts, noticeably for the "the European Green Deal", which aims to review all existing law on its "climate merits", and also introduce new legislation on the circular economy, building renovation (a trillion euro plan to "decarbonise" all older buildings) and farming. He attended the 2024 Bilderberg meeting.

Education

Born in Bratislava, Šefčovič originally enrolled at the University of Economics in his hometown in 1984, but left the university after one year to pursue a degree in Russia at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, where he studied from 1985 to 1990.

In 2000, he obtained a PhD in international law at Comenius University in Bratislava. The subject of his dissertation thesis was Sources of the EU law and respective legislative procedures.

Career

Šefčovič became a diplomat, working in Zimbabwe, Canada, as well as the Slovak ambassador to Israel (1999–2002). He was also the Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the European Union (2004–2009).

He has been a member of the European Commission since 2009. Šefčovič also stood for office in the 2019 Slovak presidential election, which he lost against Zuzana Čaputová.

Šefčovič was European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth from 2009 to 2010 and Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration from 2010 to 2014. He also was European Commissioner for Energy from 2014 to 2019. In 2019, Šefčovič was appointed vice-president for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight.

Political positions

During his presidential campaign, Šefčovič repeatedly spoke against legislative changes which would improve the status of LGBT rights in Slovakia, strongly opposing both civil partnerships and same-sex adoptions. He dubbed his opponent Čaputová (who is in favour of both) as a candidate who is forcing a "new ultraliberal agenda" on Slovakia, comparing the second round of elections to a referendum on such an agenda, which he considered to be "in exact contradiction to traditional Christian values".

Šefčovič also criticised his opponent Čaputová for her opinions on the migrant crisis and related policies. He emphasised the importance of a speedy deportation policy, so that "people who do not have any business here are sent to their home countries as quickly as possible". Furthermore, he pointed out that "it has to be Slovaks who decide who comes to our country". Šefčovič has criticized Angela Merkel's actions in this area, labeling her "latest decisions which opened door to mass migration" as something that was not "thought-out very well".

In the matter of Russia–EU relations, Šefčovič emphasised that he does not consider Russia to be any kind of threat. He also criticised imposed sanctions, stating that people are suffering from them.

Šefčovič rejects the idea of EU federalization, saying he is "against creating a European superstate", and considers tax policy, autonomous migration policy, and family law issues to be "red lines" which should not be crossed by the European Union.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2024	30 May 2024	2 June 2024	Spain Madrid	The 70th Bilderberg Meeting
Bratislava Global Security Forum/2022				"Building Resilience in a Divided World"
Brussels Forum/2007			Belgium Brussels	Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund.
Munich Security Conference/2016	12 February 2016	14 February 2016	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 52nd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/2020	14 February 2020	16 February 2020	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
Munich Security Conference/2024	16 February 2024	18 February 2024	Germany Munich Bavaria	Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects
WEF/Annual Meeting/2015	21 January 2015	24 January 2015	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Attended by a lot of people. This page lists only the 261 "Public Figures".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016	20 January 2016	23 January 2016	World Economic Forum Switzerland	Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017	17 January 2017	20 January 2017	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	World Economic Forum Switzerland	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.

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