Maroš Šefčovič

Maroš Šefčovič  link (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.

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.

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