Frédéric Mérand is Professor of Political Science and Director of CÉRIUM, the Université de Montréal Center for International Studies. Trained in economics and sociology, he specializes in European politics and international relations. A former foreign policy advisor and a member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada, he has been a visiting professor at Sciences Po Paris and at the universities of Toronto, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Lille, McGill and Guido Carli in Rome. He has published several books including European Defense Policy: Beyond the Nation-State (Oxford University Press, 2008) and Coping with Geopolitical Decline: The United States in European Perspective (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020).

The Political Commissioner provides a fascinating ethnographic account of how the European Union works at the highest political level. Its rich narrative and insights into everyday EU politics will make it an instant classic.

• Introduction 1: The Moscos 2: Facing Varoufakis: Greece, 2009-2015 3: 'We Have To Build A SuccessStory': Greece, 2016-2019 4: A Socialist, French Commissioner 5: Discipline, Not Punish: Budget Disputes with Spain and Portugal 6: Italian populists and the Pact 7: The Failed Reform of the Eurozone 8: No Representation Without Taxation: Fighting Tax Avoidance 9: Tax Justice: The GAFAs and Corporate Taxation Before the Pandemic Epilogue

Frédéric Mérand is Professor of Political Science and Director of CÉRIUM, the Université de Montréal Center for International Studies. Trained in economics and sociology, he specializes in European politics and international relations. A former foreign policy advisor and a member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada, he has been a visiting professor at Sciences Po Paris and at the universities of Toronto, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Lille, McGill and Guido Carli in Rome. He has published several books including European Defense Policy: Beyond the Nation-State (Oxford University Press, 2008) and Coping with Geopolitical Decline: The United States in European Perspective (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020).

The Political Commissioner provides a fascinating ethnographic account of how the European Union works at the highest political level. Its rich narrative and insights into everyday EU politics will make it an instant classic.

• Introduction 1: The Moscos 2: Facing Varoufakis: Greece, 2009-2015 3: 'We Have To Build A SuccessStory': Greece, 2016-2019 4: A Socialist, French Commissioner 5: Discipline, Not Punish: Budget Disputes with Spain and Portugal 6: Italian populists and the Pact 7: The Failed Reform of the Eurozone 8: No Representation Without Taxation: Fighting Tax Avoidance 9: Tax Justice: The GAFAs and Corporate Taxation Before the Pandemic Epilogue

Frédéric Mérand is Professor of Political Science and Director of CÉRIUM, the Université de Montréal Center for International Studies. Trained in economics and sociology, he specializes in European politics and international relations. A former foreign policy advisor and a member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada, he has been a visiting professor at Sciences Po Paris and at the universities of Toronto, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Lille, McGill and Guido Carli in Rome. He has published several books including European Defense Policy: Beyond the Nation-State (Oxford University Press, 2008) and Coping with Geopolitical Decline: The United States in European Perspective (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020).

The Political Commissioner provides a fascinating ethnographic account of how the European Union works at the highest political level. Its rich narrative and insights into everyday EU politics will make it an instant classic.

• Introduction 1: The Moscos 2: Facing Varoufakis: Greece, 2009-2015 3: 'We Have To Build A SuccessStory': Greece, 2016-2019 4: A Socialist, French Commissioner 5: Discipline, Not Punish: Budget Disputes with Spain and Portugal 6: Italian populists and the Pact 7: The Failed Reform of the Eurozone 8: No Representation Without Taxation: Fighting Tax Avoidance 9: Tax Justice: The GAFAs and Corporate Taxation Before the Pandemic Epilogue