Jury still out on Juncker's 'last chance' EU Commission as crises continue
His high-profile, 'more political' moves have caused friction, while plans for action have stalled
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A YEAR after Jean-Claude Juncker took charge of what he called the "last chance" European Commission, his plans to win back sceptical voters have been partly sidelined by existential threats like the migrant and Greek crises, analysts say.
The wily former Luxembourg prime minister vowed when he took the reins of the 28-nation EU's executive arm in November 2014 to be more "political" than his Portuguese predecessor, Jose Manuel Barroso.
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