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Although still in its early phases, the Juncker Commission has already broken new ground. Not only is Jean-Claude Juncker the first Commission President to be selected by the Spitzenkandidaten process, an extra-constitutional system that has reconfigured the European Union's institutional balance, but he has transformed the structure and operation of the College with the aim of creating a more political, and therefore more effective, Commission, and made good – so far – on his promise 'to do better on the bigger things and be small on the small things'. This article examines this three-fold transformation. It looks at the innovations and change associated with the Juncker Commission. It considers what motivated them and how they were achieved, sets them in historical perspective, and discusses their implications for the institutions and for the European Union more broadly.

Co-authored by an international team of researchers and drawing on interviews with senior officials, 'The European Commission of the Twenty-First Century' tests, challenges and refutes many widely held myths about the European Commission and the people who work for it

Co-authored by an international team of researchers and drawing on interviews with senior officials, 'The European Commission of the Twenty-First Century' tests, challenges and refutes many widely held myths about the European Commission and the people who work for it.

Résumé – London calling : reconsidérer la coordination nationale des affaires européennes au Royaume-Uni – La coordination britannique des affaires européennes a fait l'objet d'une attention considérable, mais un grand nombre d'enjeux restent en suspens. Cet article est construit en trois temps. Premièrement, malgré le rôle que les ministères sectoriels jouent dans le système, le Royaume-Uni reste encore très centralisé. Deuxièmement, derrière la revendication d'une forte continuité institutionnelle, le système de coordination britannique a connu beaucoup de changements significatifs de second ordre qui n'ont pas été sans conséquences sur son fonctionnement. Troisièmement, cet article présente de nouvelles analyses qui montrent que l'efficience administrative britannique s'est traduite en efficacité au niveau européen. Le Royaume-Uni obtient beaucoup de ce qu'elle souhaite à Bruxelles car elle y est influente et non marginalisée comme certains le prétendent.