Juncker and his college: the unexpected reformer?

President Elect Jean-Claude Juncker may yet shake the European Commission out of its apathy, aided by an experienced team of commissioners, and avoid the pull of the Parliament. He has moved quickly to reshape the organisation of the college. The new structure is a departure from a Commission organised in rigid silos, which José Manuel Barroso ruled with an iron fist. Juncker is the first president to organise the Commission’s work around ‘clusters’

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Towards the Juncker Commission http://www.europeansources.info/record/towards-the-juncker-commission/

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