Politico Europe: The European Commission is considering combining several units into one powerful department for external relations, three EU officials told POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook.
…A supercharged department for external relations could include elements, in whole or in part, of DG TRADE or DG MENA, the department in charge of Middle East and North Africa policy. Other options under consideration include reorganizing departments along geographic or thematic lines, according to the officials, who were granted anonymity to discuss confidential plans…