Jean-Claude Juncker’s revised proposal for the college of European commissioners is short-sighted and self-serving. It is an understandable response to the rejection of Alenka Bratušek and makes sense when judged from within Brussels in the light of the short-term imperative to get a college approved on 22 October so that it can start work on 1 November. But putting the proposal in a broader perspective, with an eye to the longer term, its flaws become apparent: it will create credibility problems for Juncker’s administration.
The president-elect opted not to embark on an extensive revision of his college, which spares him, his …read more
Source: European Voice
