A quiet week is kicking off in Brussels, with the outgoing commission meeting for the last time on Wednesday (29 October) and a farewell party for president Jose Manuel Barroso at the museum of fine arts (Bozar) Monday night.
Incoming commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will meet Barroso and the new EU council president, Donald Tusk (although he only takes up his post on 1 December) on Thursday for a last discussion before the new commission begins.
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