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Reforming the European Commission: Driving Reform from the Grassroots

Reforming the European Commission: Driving Reform from the Grassroots Reforming the European Commission: Driving Reform from the Grassroots Nicholas David Bearfield European Commission Word in the Corridors The rumblings of Reform were felt very much at the grass roots. The The first Santer Commission in March 1999 was akin to a major resignation of the and equally unexpected earthquake which shook the Commission from top to bottom. In particular, the famous phrase in the first report of the Committee of Wise Men, namely 'that it is difficult to find anyone in the European Commission with the slightest sense of responsibility', reverberated for weeks and months along the corridors of Brussels. The events of March which provided the starting point for the Reform process upon which 1999, the Prodi Commission subsequently embarked, had both positive and negative consequences for the management of what has proved to be the significant process of change ever undertaken within the Commission. most because it effectively stigmatised every official of the Institution Negative, and so made more difficult the task of motivating staff to as irresponsible, approach to the modernisation of their administration, take a constructive and conditions of employment. The significance of this working practices from on high was amplified further because, as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Policy and Administration SAGE

Reforming the European Commission: Driving Reform from the Grassroots

Public Policy and Administration , Volume 19 (3): 12 – Jul 1, 2004

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Reforming the European Commission: Driving Reform from the Grassroots Nicholas David Bearfield European Commission Word in the Corridors The rumblings of Reform were felt very much at the grass roots. The The first Santer Commission in March 1999 was akin to a major resignation of the and equally unexpected earthquake which shook the Commission from top to bottom. In particular, the famous phrase in the first report of the Committee of Wise Men, namely 'that it is difficult to find anyone in the European Commission with the slightest sense of responsibility', reverberated for weeks and months along the corridors of Brussels. The events of March which provided the starting point for the Reform process upon which 1999, the Prodi Commission subsequently embarked, had both positive and negative consequences for the management of what has proved to be the significant process of change ever undertaken within the Commission. most because it effectively stigmatised every official of the Institution Negative, and so made more difficult the task of motivating staff to as irresponsible, approach to the modernisation of their administration, take a constructive and conditions of employment. The significance of this working practices from on high was amplified further because, as

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Published: Jul 1, 2004

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