I can't really find a way to contact the people responsible for this article. There is no real way to answer except on social media. I found a link on the EC site, but no real email adress, only a page where inqueries had to be limited to 2000 characters. I did find an emailable press contact. Which was probably not the right contact for me, but neither was anything else, so I mailed them anyway.
FWIW this was their response:
I refer you to the fact that this Medium article has been removed. The official position of the Commission has been expressed in its press release
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-19-528_en.htm
Please note that the Spokesperson service is a press service.
FWIW this was their response: