Barnier suggests 'Secretary of State' for the EU

In an interview with Le Figaro, the regional policy Commissioner, Michel Barnier, said that a directoire of four to five member states running Europe is "fundamentally against the European project." It would be a mistake to weaken the "coherence and the unity of the Commission."

The regional Commissioner, who is also in charge of institutional reform and a member of the Convention's steering committee, said that a directoire is something that the "Germans wish." and that a...