In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010 and Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014, shares her thoughts on the development of the European Commission.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010 and Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014, describes the development of the institutional triangle within the European Union, commenting on the changing distribution of powers among the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the European Commission.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010 and Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014, analyses how the European Commission’s room for manoeuvre has changed with the rise of intergovernmentalism within the European Union.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010 and Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014, discusses the question of gender equality within the European Commission.

In this interview excerpt, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission for the Information Society and Media from 2004 to 2010 and Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from 2010 to 2014, shares her thoughts on the institutional developments associated with the adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007.