In our column "One question to...", we give the floor to Maria Nikolopoulou who argues why sustainable development goals (SDGs) shoud top the agenda of the future European Commission. Ms Nikolopoulou is the member of the EESC's Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Section and the rapporteur of the exploratory opinion "EU and Agenda 2030: strenghtening the implementation of the SDGs", requested by the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU.