Elected by the European Parliament, Jean-Claude Juncker has set out the political agenda for his five-year term (2014-2019) at the head of the European Commission. Focusing on ten policy areas, he presented a set of political guidelines, which should lead to action in a number of fields where the European Parliament has previously called for new legislative proposals or other action from the Commission.
The Legislative Train Schedule is an online application which aims at providing an interesting and animated way to visualise the legislative elements that make up the working programme. Using trains, carriages and railways as metaphors, the application allows users to monitor the progress of a number of legislative files during the five-year-term of the current European Parliament.
The information held in the Legislative Train Schedule is organised by themes and will be regularly updated. The ten policy areas in the agenda are presented as ‘Destinations’ and their development could be followed on a ‘Timeline’. The legislative dossiers are represented by carriages, which are placed on tracks or in stations. For example, at the ‘Departure demands station’ could be found European Parliament legislative initiative reports in the fields covered by the Ten-Point Juncker Agenda. The ‘Derailed station’ holds Proposals withdrawn by the European Commission.
Explore this friendly interactive portal here.