Conference – The Commission in the Trump era – Politico journalists’ analysis The EP finally grants its approval to the new college,  which takes office on 1 December. THE COMMISSION IN THE TRUMP ERA – POLITICO JOURNALISTS’ ANALYSIS Barbara MOENS – Chief EU Correspondent / Jacopo BARIGAZZI – Senior Defence Correspondent Monday 9 December from […]

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SETTING UP OF THE INDEPENDENT EU ETHICS BODY Let’s discuss it with Daniel Freund Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for this file Monday 15 April from 12.45 pm to 2.30 pm The negotiations on the composition and mandate of EU’s independent ethics body have been long and quite difficult. Can we expect the draft […]

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Le Renard Déchaîné “Midsummer Night’s Nightmare”? The procedure for appointing DG COMP’s Chief Economist: Chronicle of a political crisis that our institution and our civil service ought to have done without! Can we consider this case closed? Not quite! Thank you for your trust! Many of you at the Commission and also from other European […]

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Cancellation of EPSO AST-154-2022 competition: The “Chronicle of a death foretold” EPSO’s Director has decided to cancel Competition EPSO/AST/154/22 – Assistants (AST3), Accounting, Finance and Communication, with the support of EPSO’s governing body, the interinstitutional Management Board. On 31 March 2023, EPSO announced widely “the foretold death” of competition AST-154-2022. It decided the final cancellation […]

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