President-elect Jean Claude Juncker announced on September 10 the allocation of responsibilities in his team and the way work will be organised in the European Commission once it takes office.
The most important change, in terms of internal organization, refers to the new role of the Vice Presidents. In the Juncker Commission, there will be 6 Vice-Presidents in addition to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy who is at the same time a Vice-President of the Commission.
Vice-Presidents will lead project teams, sometimes called clusters (the terminology appears to have been dropped officially for now) steering and coordinating the work of a number of Commissioners. The compositions of these teams are decided for now, but that may change according to need and to possible new projects developing over time. This is supposed to ensure a dynamic interaction among Commissioners, breaking down silos. It remains to be seen if it simplifies or it actually complicates the legislative and decision making process.
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