The son of Serge Moscovici. He previously served as Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2014 and as Minister for European Affairs between 1997 and 2002. In May 2014 he was entrusted by the Prime Minister of France with a six- month mission to assess how European policies can better contribute to growth and employment. In July 2014 French President François Hollande proposed him to be France's representative in the next European Commission. In September 2014, he was named as European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs by President-designate of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker. Moscovici served as Commissioner from 2014 until 2019. In this capacity, he was in charge of the application of the Stability and Growth Pact, as well as ensuring the economic soundness of Commission proposals and deepening the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union to create the conditions for jobs, growth and investment, and encouraging further structural reforms. On taxation matters, he was responsible for developing a value added tax sys- tem at the European level, improving the functioning of the internal market in both direct and indirect taxation and fighting tax fraud and taxevasion. His responsibilities also included the development and management of an effi- cient European Union Customs Union.