The Lead Position for Education and Culture European Commission is an Option for Mariya Gabriel

Friday's Brussels-based EU News Agency post triggered another wave of speculation in the European media about the distribution of posts in the future European Commission. According to the Bulletin Quotidien Europe of the Bulgarian candidate for a new term as EU Commissioner, Mariya Gabriel is a separate line for Education and Culture.

This is the case at the moment - of the Hungarian of Croatian origin Tibor Navracic. More youth policies and sports have been added to it. Over the years, the sector has also included civil society and linguistic diversity, and is probably best known for the Erasmus student exchange program and the Bologna Process for the convergence and recognition of higher education standards. Few know that the Directorate-General for Education and Culture develops and implements Commission policies in the media, media literacy and media pluralism sectors.

But if this is confirmed in the final version, it will be far from Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's desire for an important portfolio in which, in his words, the money has not been allocated in advance. He even talks about cybersecurity while education and youth policies are very far from this sector. While it may have some closeness to Gabriel's current responsibilities (Digital Economy and Digital Society), moving her to such a line would seem at odds with the unwritten principle of former Commissioners getting a career promotion in the next Commission. The newsletter of Agency Europe, for example, against the name of the Austrian Johannes Khan (former Commissioner for Regional Policy and current Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations), was recorded as Home Affairs.

The official presentation is scheduled for September 10 ...