What Comes After the Last Chance Commission? Policy Priorities for 2019-2024 - Blockmans, Steven; Blockmans, Steven; Akgüç, Mehtap; Alcidi, Ciniza; Baiocco, Sara; Beblavý, Miroslav; Carrera, Sergio; DE GROEN, Willem Pieter; Egenhofer, Christian; Elkerbout, Milan; Gros, Daniel; Hu, Weinian; et al. (CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies, 2019)
When the current European Commission began its mandate on 1 November 2014 under President Jean-Claude Juncker, it did so in highly inauspicious political circumstances. The EU was still suffering one of the most severe financial and economic crises since World War II; unemployment had hit unprecedentedly high levels; inter-governmental emergency measures burdened the Union’s democratic quality; and the trust in European institutions of apolitics-fatigued electorate had hit an all-time low
Keywords: Labor relations; Economic policy; International relations/trade; Security and defense; Welfare systems; EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment; Financial Markets