Executive summary
On 29 January 2020, the European Commission (The Commission) adopted its 2020 Work Programme (the work programme or programme). The programme, as an accompanying press release notes, sets out the actions the Commission will take in 2020 to turn the Political Guidelines of President Ursula von der Leyen into tangible benefits for European citizens, businesses and society.
Representing the first major document of this type issued by the new executive layer of the Commission, the wo…