Last fall, she was nominated as Bulgaria's candidate for a seat in European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso's new cabinet and was eventually named EU commissioner-designate for International Co-operation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Prevention.
Prošle jeseni, ona je imenovana za kandidatkinju Bugarske za mesto u Evropskoj komisiji (EK) u novom kabinetu predsednika Žoze Manuela Baroza i na kraju je predložena za novog komesara EU za međunarodnu saradnju, humanitarnu pomoć i sprečavanje kriza.