Jutta Urpilainen is the Finnish Commissioner-designate for International Partnerships, a new label for a portfolio that should correspond to the current DG DEVCO. Urpilainen was the Finnish Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister between 2011 and 2014 and was later appointed as Finnish Foreign Minister’s Special Representative on Mediation (2017-2019). Her mission will be to keep the EU’s leading role in international cooperation and development, and “to ensure that the European model of development evolves in line with new global realities”. She has been asked to contribute to “building sustainable partnerships”, with a clear focus on the development of a new comprehensive strategy for Africa, but also to conclude negotiations for a post-Cotonou agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. Another important aspect in her portfolio will be migration management through comprehensive partnerships with countries of origin and transit. While the Commissioner for International Partnerships will not be responsible for the Southern neighbourhood as such, the merging of external financial instruments into a single neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument (NDICI), the expected focus of the new Commission on Africa and triangular cooperation between the EU, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the management of migration issues are likely to give to the new Commissioner a say on Euro-Mediterranean relations.