The European Commission at mid-term: State of play of President Juncker’s ten priorities

Please note: Each In-Depth Analysis is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This publication provides an overview of the work carried out by the European Commission at the mid-term of its mandate under Jean-Claude Juncker's presidency, and more specifically an update of the initiatives taken in the framework of the ten priority areas for action.

The in-depth analysis draws on a wide range of EPRS publications, and updates a previous edition The Juncker Commission's ten priorities: state of play at the start of 2017, published in January 2017. It has been compiled and edited by Isabelle Gaudeul-Ehrhart, with contributions and support from across the Members' Research Service and the Directorate for Impact Assessment and European Added Value of EPRS, in particular from the following policy analysts: Piotr Bakowski, Angelos Delivorias, Gregor Erbach, Elena Lazarou, Tambiama Madiega, Shara Monteleone, Anita Orav, Laura Puccio, Christian Scheinert, Andrej Stuchlik, Marcin Szczepanski, Laura Tilindyte and Sofija Voronova. The graphics are by Giulio Sabbati, and are derived from the 'Legislative Train Schedule' application, launched by Parliament to track progress on the Commission's legislative proposals.

Authors: Étienne Bassot and Wolfgang Hiller

European Commission: Priorities: 10 Priorities https://ec.europa.eu/priorities/index_en

European Parliament: Legislative train schedule http://www.europeansources.info/record/legislative-train-schedule/

European Commission: Press Release IP/16/3500 (25.10.16): Juncker Commission presents third annual Work Programme: Delivering a Europe that protects, empowers and defends http://www.europeansources.info/record/juncker-commission-presents-third-annual-work-programme-delivering-a-europe-that-protects-empowers-and-defends/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, January 2017: The Juncker Commission's ten priorities: State of play at the start of 2017 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2017/595876/EPRS_IDA(2017)595876_EN.pdf

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, July 2017: The European Commission at mid-term: State of play of President Juncker’s ten priorities http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2017/607287/EPRS_IDA(2017)607287_EN.pdf

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