In 2007, recognising the importance of managing and promoting language diversity and learning in an era of EU enlargement, President Barroso appointed me the first Commissioner exclusively in charge of multilingualism.
In 2007, i bhfianaise na tábhachta a bhaineann le héagsúlacht teanga agus foghlaim teanga a bhainistiú agus a chur chun cinn tráth a bhí an AE ag méadú, cheap an tUachtarán Barroso mé mar Choimisinéir um Ilteangachas.