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The European Commission ( EC) is the primary executive arm 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 Commission drafts and proposes new EU policies and laws. It is the only EU body that can do this. It also proposes the EU budget, a massive pot of funding that, last time it was ...
Lawmakers at the European Parliament on Thursday re-elected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission, giving her a comfortable ...
The von der Leyen Commission is the current European Commission, in office since 1 December 2019 and is to last until the formation of the forthcoming Second Von der Leyen Commission. It consists of one commissioner from each of the member states of the European Union – including Ursula von der Leyen, its president, who is from Germany .
In July 2019, the European Council nominated Ursula von der Leyen to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker, and she was elected the 13th president of the European Commission by the European Parliament on 16 July. [ 9][ 10] Von der Leyen assumed office on 1 December 2019, following the approval of her nominated College of Commissioners by the European ...
Ursula von der Leyen has spent weeks trying to convince European Union lawmakers to back her for a second term as president of the European Commission. A day before a knife-edge vote, many said ...
Each member state of the European Union has the right to a single commissioner (before the Barroso I Commission in November 2004, the five largest states—France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom—were granted two) and appoints them in consultation with the President. The accession of Romania and Bulgaria in 2007 raised the number ...
June 17, 2024 at 12:57 PM. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ursula von der Leyen was expected to secure informal backing on Monday for a second term as president of the European Commission, which sets the EU ...