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July 10, 2019
In 2014 the race to become President of the European Commission – using the new Spitzenkandidat process – was a two-horse race, and months ahead everyone knew who would likely win – Jean-Claude Juncker (EPP). Martin Schulz (PES) put in energy and determination, but the EPP emerged as the largest party after the EP elections… » read more
Posted by Jon Worth Euroblog
So the Heads of State and Government put in an all-nighter at the European Council in Brussels. And this morning at the time of writing there is still no consensus as to who will get any of the EU’s top jobs, President of the European Commission foremost among the positions that need to be agreed.… » read more
Posted by Jon Worth Euroblog
September 4, 2018
Prior to the 2014 European Parliament elections I examined all the runners and riders for President of the European Commission and other EU top jobs (2014 posts on President of the Commission: EPP, PES, Others | President of the European Council | High Rep for EU Foreign Policy). Now, with 9 months to go until… » read more
Posted by Jon Worth Euroblog
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Alexis Tsipras, blogactiv, Enda Kenny, EU Politics, federica mogherini, Frans Timmermans, Guy Verhofstadt, Martin Schulz |
Commissioners on Twitter – countering the critique
October 9, 2015
So, having taken apart the behaviour of European Commissioners on Twitter earlier this week, the critique has poured in – most of it to me personally in private, and some of it on Twitter. In this blog entry I am going to examine each main avenue of the critique, piece by piece, and give my… » read more
Posted by Jon Worth Euroblog
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blogactiv, EU Politics, Frans Timmermans, social media, Technology, Twitter |
Today EU Ombudsperson, Emily O’Reilly, lashed out against industry lobbying and promised to promote good lobbying. Partiality and bias should not be part of an ombudsman’s job title … she needs to be fired! But as only the bad lobbyists would make th…
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Alemanno, Emily O'Reilly, EU Ombudsman, Frans Timmermans, Good Lobby, Journalism transparency registry, Justice & Home Affairs, Public Affairs, transparency |
