The Commission's next big overhaul?

"DG REGIO oversees the hundreds of billions of euros that go towards the social development of local regions and cities. But its potential restructuring by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is a clear sign that the EU's aims are shifting."

"Purchasing a train ticket across Europe is a convoluted process that involves different railway operators from different countries. The European Commission wants to simplify that ... but it won't be easy."

DG REGIO, one of the European Commission’s oldest and most powerful departments, oversees hundreds of billions of euros for social development in local regions and cities. A potential restructuring led by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen could dramatically change the department’s role, possibly even leading to its extinction. The prospect is framed as evidence that EU aims are shifting. Separately, Friedrich Merz’s popularity has fallen after only a year as German chancellor, with a comeback tour intended to revive support backfiring and making it harder for him to connect with Germans. Purchasing train tickets across Europe is described as convoluted due to multiple railway operators in different countries, and the European Commission wants to simplify it, though doing so is expected to be difficult.

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