President Juncker temporarily transfers portfolio responsibilities following departure of two Members of the European Commission

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Following the resignation of Andrus Ansip and Corina Creţu from their respective Commission mandates in order to take up the seats they were elected to in the European Parliament, President Juncker has decided to temporarily transfer their portfolios to Vice-President Šefčovič and Commissioner Hahn […]

Remarks by President Juncker at the joint press conference with President Tusk ahead of the G20 Summit

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. There is no better place for this year’s G20 Summit than here in Osaka – a vibrant merchant city, known as the ‘Nation’s Kitchen’. As we prepare to discuss the future of the global economy over the next two days, we should inspire ourselves […]

European Commission calls on national political parties to join efforts to ensure free and fair elections in Europe

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. In September 2018, as part of the State of the Union, President Juncker proposed measures to bolster European democracy and protect free and fair elections in Europe. Ahead of the European elections, Commissioner Vera Jourová has written to national political parties calling on them […]

Joint U.S.-EU Statement following President Juncker’s visit to the White House

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. We met today in Washington, D.C. to launch a new phase in the relationship between the United States and the European Union – a phase of close friendship, of strong trade relations in which both of us will win, of working better together for […]

Subsidiarity and Proportionality: Task Force presents recommendations on a new way of working to President Juncker

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and ‘Doing Less, More Efficiently’, chaired by First Vice-President Timmermans, handed over its final report to Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. The report responds to three questions put forward by the President when creating the Task Force in […]

David Cameron’s formal letter/threat that officially opens pandora’s box for the UK

One of the most ambitious promises UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron made during the last years was to hold a referendum on the UK’s relationship with the European Union. But after some time in which the attention was being dragged away by some major evolutions in the news agenda like the escalation of the migrants crisis or the […]