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The new European commission takes office on 1 November, after the commissioners’ hearings by the European Parliament. For its president, it is the “last chance” Commission, as the economic crisis is not over and trust towards the EU plunges, reports La Croix.
Juncker and his team will be judged upon the Union’s economic results —
The main promise is the presentation before Christmas of a €300bn public investments plan on energy, digital, innovation and transports.
Bringing European citizens closer to Europe, trim bureaucracy and setting up a consistent foreign policy are the other main objectives of the new European government, adds the French daily in its editorial —
The new Commission will face huge challenges. And the voluntarism expressed by its president will be needed to get Brussels out of the numerous impasses Europe has been stuck in in the last years.
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