Cox could well be a strong contender for commission presidency

WITH the chill autumn winds blowing around the street corners of Brussels, there is a sense that the European Union is unravelling at the edges.

This has to do with the end of another five-year term coming up for the European Parliament and the EU Commissioners in June.

For months now people in the cabinets of the various commissioners have been applying for more long term jobs in the Commission civil service itself.