Contents:

Authors' note

2. The Commission as an administration

• 2.1. The College of Commissioners
• 2.2. Election of the Commission President
• 2.3. Senior Commission officials
• 2.4. Jacques Delors’ Commission and Cabinet

3. Reform of the Commission

4. The Commission and EU Policy

• 4.1. The Commission and monetary integration
• 4.2. The Commission and Justice and Home Affairs
• 4.3. The Commission and EU foreign policy
• 4.4 The Commission and cohesion policy
• 4.5 The Commission and competition policy
• 4.6 The Commission and other policy sectors

5. The Commission and European administration

6. Fraud and maladministration in the Commission

• 6.1. The Committee of Independent Experts
• 6.2. The Commission’s 1999 resignation

7. Legitimacy, transparency and accountability

8. Lobbying

9. Powers and role of the Commission

10. Member States and the Commission

11. The Commission and other EU institutions

12. Enlargement and the Commission

13. Other works (of history, anthropology, public administration, etc.)