There were three changes to help his dented authority and win the support of Parliament: Buttiglione had been withdrawn by Italy and replaced by foreign minister Franco Frattini, László Kovács was moved from Energy to Taxation and Ingrida Udre was withdrawn and replaced by Andris Piebalgs who took over the now vacant post of Energy.
Barrosos nye forslag var ændret på tre punkter: Buttiglione var blevet trukket tilbage af Italien og erstattet af udenrigsminister Franco Frattini; László Kovács var blevet flyttet fra energi til beskatning og Ingrida Udre var blev trukket tilbage og erstattet af Andris Piebalgs, som overtog den nu ledige post på energiområdet.