Juncker’s three steps to improve the Commission’s standing in the EU

When Jean-Claude Juncker became European Commission president he pledged to do his best to restore citizens’ trust in the European project. Juncker thinks that improving the Commission’s standing in the EU is pivotal to delivering on this promise. In his first hundred days in office he has taken three important steps to strengthen the Commission’s hand but he still has to prove that he can avoid repeating the mistakes of his predecessor, José Manuel Barroso.

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ESO: Background information: A New Start for Europe: My Agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change. Political Guidelines for the next European Commission, July 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-new-start-for-europe-my-agenda-for-jobs-growth-fairness-and-democratic-change-political-guidelines-for-the-next-european-commission-july-2014/

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

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