The new European Commission headed by president Jean-Claude Juncker kicks off for the first time this week while MEPs return to Brussels from their constituencies to discuss climate change and finance ministers gather to debate tax laws.
Among the new commission’s first tasks is to announce the 2014 autumn economic forecasts, which assess whether EU countries are set to meet their economic growth projections, as well as targets to cut budget deficits.
The EU jobs commissioner and...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.