Maroš Šefčovič

24.02.2021 Brexit

Brexit, coordination, leadership and accountability: questions for the EU side too

The elevation of David Frost to Cabinet, and him largely replacing Michael Gove as the UK Government’s coordinator of all things Brexit, understandably generated considerable debate. Jill Rutter penned a piece for UK in a Changing Europe about what we

15.07.2014 EU Politics

Candidates for the new European Commission – where we stand 15.7.2014

So Juncker is now certain. 26-2 in the Council, 422 of 751 in the European Parliament. I have analysed the High Rep and President of the European Council positions at the LSE EUROPP blog here. But who has been nominated

12.11.2012 EU Politics

Commissioners on Twitter: how are they doing?

The European Commission, and Commissioners themselves, have progressively taken to Twitter over the past couple of years as a way of communicating with (at?) EU citizens. So how are they doing? This blog entry gives a quick summary. My starting

27.07.2010 EU Politics

See no citizens, hear no citizens, speak to no citizens – the institutional approach to the European citizens’ initiative (ECI)

A friend pointed me to the Working Document on a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative from the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteurs for this are Zita Gurmai