European Commission

staff member of the Directorate-General of the European Commission I have been appointed to describe to you the composition and the powers of the Commission in the European Union. In the following paragraph I will describe the body of the Commission divided in three pillars: First you have the College of the Commissioners, then the Directorate-General (DGs) and lastly the cabinets. In the Third paragraph I will briefly describe the powers of the Commission and in the last paragraph I will conclude

The seat of the commission is in Brussels and also has an office in Luxemburg. In addition, the commission has representation in all member states and a delegation in most countries around the world. The commission consists of one commissioner from each country that is 28 commissioners in total. The commission’s president is elected by the government of member states after consultation with the European Parliament (Step4All Consortium, 2014). In addition, each member state’s government should elect

European Commission This is the part of the EU which is designed to uphold the interests of the EU as a whole, not an EU member state individually. Each member must not be biased to their national state. It as many responsibilities that include; - To draft laws and proposals for the parliament and council to consider - To implement European laws - Works alongside the court of justice to make sure that the EU laws are followed - Represents the EU international area Court of Justice This court has

Abstract: The Corruption Scandal of the European Commission and its possible effects on the institutional balance and the question of legitimacy I. Defining Corruption The first chapter is an attempt to define corruption. It is important to divide overlapping and complicated terms such as corruption, scandal and fraud. Corruption is defined as an illegal transaction, where both actors benefit from their special position in the market or the government. Scandal is the public reaction to allegations

and content analysis of European Commission sponsored information pamphlets and campaigns aimed at general European audiences. The results reveal a consistent neo-liberal message. Interestingly, the authors found the origin of this message in an 'ovular ' report by Évelyne Sullerot in 1970 on the dangers of women staying out of the labor market. The Sullerot report determined that women’s entry into the workforce was necessary for the economic growth of the European Union as a way to create

Consequently, multilingualism can unlock the full potential of the single market in terms of better jobs and prosperity (European Commission). Given the appropriate environment, people tend to pick up a new language easily at a young age. Multilingualism doesn’t require complete fluency in another language, or the ability to speak two unrelated languages. The benefits

In September 2014, the European Court of Justice delivered a judgment on Groupement des Cartes-Bancaires v. European Commission. This case was initially decided on by the commission, and then appealed to the General Court of the European Union. When the General Court dismissed the appeal, it appealed to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). After hearing the opinion given by Advocate General N. Wahl (AG Wahl), the ECJ made a decision to quash the General Court’s decision. The case represented the

Competitors, the Market Structure for Beer, and it’s Effect on Consumers The two beer giants, AB InBev, who provides beverages such as Corona, Stella Artois, and Budweiser, and SABMiller (Chew 2015), had a controversial merger approved by the European Commission after various negations (Bray 2016). The company will trade under the name Newbelco (Nurin 2016) and according to The Economist, “The combined firm would earn roughly half the industry’s profits and sell one in every three pints of beer quaffed

agreement pertaining to climate change. This agreement is global and is expected to be put into plan in 2020. The main goal of this conference was to develop a plan to have countries participate in trying to bring global warming down to 2°C (European Commission, 2016). Like every other agreement that has had an impact on the world’s decisions there is both supporters and critics which results in the pros and cons of the development of the plan. There are justifiably arguments on each side and there

Situation: Breast cancer is a devastating disease that has continued to take many lives throughout the years. This form of cancer is the second most cause of death after heart disease and while synonymous with women, breast cancer can also develop in men. However, breast cancer in men is very rare and it is estimated that only 150 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in New York each year as opposed to their female counterparts, of which an estimated number of 15,000 women are diagnosed each year