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As one of the six Vice-Presidents, Timmermans will have a right to veto any initiative, including legislative initiatives, coming from the Commissioners working under his oversight. What is more, as the First Vice-President he will have a veto right over any proposal coming from any of the Commission departments. “The First Vice-President can stop any initiative, including legislative initiative, coming from a commissioner’s team,” Juncker said . It is therefore highly unlikely that the next Commission mandate will see many legislative initiatives materialise with such a strict selection procedure. One might hope this is proposed in a spirit of greater transparency over all within the EU institutional processes and internal and external relationships; but is this really the case?
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