At the end of September the hearings by the European Parliament of the Commissioners-designates for the 2014-2019 European Commission will get under way. After having been ‘grilled’, by the European Parliament, the new ‘Juncker Commission’ is expected to take office on 1 November. Worth reading are this EurActiv article on who will hold real power among the 28 new Commissioners, and this EUobserver article on the new power structure of the Juncker Commission. Click on the picture above for my own overview of the Commissioners-designates.