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The European Commission ( EC) is part of the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission ( directorial system, informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. [1] [2] It includes an administrative body of about 32,000 European civil servants.
The European Union ( EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. [8] [9] The Union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 448 million. The EU has often been described as a sui generis political entity (without precedent or ...
the European Parliament, the European Council (of heads of state or government), the Council of the European Union (of state ministers, a council for each area of responsibility), the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank and. the European Court of Auditors. [1]
The commission president is proposed by the European Council, who take account of the previous European Elections, before being elected by the European Parliament for a five-year mandate. It has been described by some as the "President of the European Union" but a more common analogy is "Prime Minister of the European Union" given the style of ...
The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome, presently known as the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; a founding treaty of the union, which explains that the enumeration of presidents which ends with the present position starts with the first president of the Commission of the European Economic Community ...
History of theEuropean Union. The European Union is a geo-political entity, created in 1993, covering a large portion of the European continent. It is founded upon numerous treaties and has undergone expansions and secessions that have taken it from six member states to 27, a majority of the states in Europe.
The Netherlands on Thursday kicks off four days of voting in European Union parliamentary elections across the 27 member states that are expected to deliver gains for the hard right. The ...
Frankfurt am Main: Central Bank. Luxembourg: Secretariat of the European Parliament, Council of Ministers (2nd), Court of Justice of the European Union, Court of Auditors, Commission (various departments and services) Strasbourg: Parliament. * Fixed, but with leeway for meetings elsewhere. The seven institutions of the European Union (EU) are ...