REDING HAS FULL PLATE.

• Position: Viviane Reding - Brief article

Alongside justice and fundamental rights, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has had to create a customised portfolio for Viviane Reding and her future head of cabinet, Martin Selmayr, the current spokesperson for the Luxembourg commissioner.

Proof is her intense preparation for her hearing, on 12 January, before the European Parliament, knowing that her portfolio is studded with a string of topics. These range from consumer rights to the EU executive's communication policy and the heart of her mandate: family law, penal law, cooperation in fighting drug crime, two EU agencies (Eurojust, based in The Hague for justice, and the European Fundamental Rights Agency in Vienna), EU membership of the 1950...