The European Commission has set up a new external advisory ‘Group of Societal Policy Analysis’ (GSPA) involving top European experts in a broad range of fields which are important to European citizens and policy makers, such as labour market and welfare reform and promoting better education and research policies. Meetings of GSPA will be chaired by President Barroso and attended by Commissioners in charge of related portfolios.
Loukas Tsoukalis, Professor at the University of Athens and the College of Europe is a permanent member of GSPA and one of its three special advisors.