Enlargement commissioner Günter Verheugen has started to position himself for a post in the new Commission with a very different portfolio.
Likely to be so-called 'super commissioner' in charge of economics from November, Mr Verheugen is moving away from his traditional area of expertise to economics.
Speaking to Die Welt am Sonntag, the German said that "all member states as well as the European Union itself must concentrate on realising the Lisbon goals [that the EU should becom...
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