While the new Commission is being built, the newest fad is to unearth (and denounce) the mistakes made by José Manuel Durão Barroso in his first attempts. With hindsight, everyone knows what the president-designate should have done. In my case, I'm not that gifted and I'm only going to pick up on one mistake (as well as another possible one, which I'll deal with later): that of having tried to overcome criticism of certain members of his initial team and reducing their remits and powers...