The Juncker Years: Economic and Social Priorities of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019

The years 2014–2019 follow and precede the two worst economic crises that the European Union has ever known: the ‘Great Financial Crisis’ at the turn of the 2010s and the ‘Great Lockdown’ of 2020. During Jean-Claude Juncker’s five-year term as President of the European Commission, priorities, doctrines and practices changed significantly at the European level. In a context sometimes described as a polycrisis, economic and social outcomes improved, and European policies evolved. These changes helped to turn the page on previous crises and could serve as reference points for the future.