With Brexit bickering on hold at this week’s EU summit as leaders prepare for a second phase of talks, the drama will be provided instead by national capitals’ efforts to rein in what some see as a brazen attempt at overreach by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
European leaders worry that Juncker and his powerful chief of staff Martin Selmayr are trying to turn the Commission into a political “deep state,” according to officials in Brussels and national capitals.
n-Claude Juncker attends a plenary session on February 25, 2015 | John