A real marathon. Jean-Claude Juncker wrapped up his meetings with the remaining commissioners-designate, including Belgium's Marianne Thyssen, named in extremis after a lengthy internal contest in the country.
The case of Romania's candidate, Corina Cretu, seems settled and the challenge to Slovenia's Alenka Bratusek seems to have been ironed out at this stage. The future College of Commissioners will include nine women and 19 men. That is twice as high as the number of women candidates to emerge in recent…