Day: 29 June 2014

A Fresh New Start – President Junker The Next President of the European Commission will be Jean-Claude Junker. One can only hope he is better than previous Luxembourg President of the Commission, Jacques Santer, whose incompetence was so dire, that the European Parliament threw him out of office. EU leaders choose him as their Candidate on 27 … Read more

European Parliament On Thursday 26 June the Political Groups behind the Chairs and Vice- Chairs of the European Parliament’s 22 Committees were announced.  These positions are assigned to the  Political Groups relative to their size. As the Christian Democrats are the largest group, they get the first choice on the Committee they want to lead. … Read more