The European Commission

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: The European Commission (European Union). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the European Commission: The Executing Body of the European Union
2. The objectives of the European Commission
3. The structure of the European Commission
4. The agencies and departments of the European Commission
5. The White Paper on the Future of Europe: presenting avenues for unity for the EU at 27 (BREXIT)
6. The ten priorities of the Commission 2015-2019

The objectives of the subject “The European Commission” are the following:

1. To understand the role of the European Commission as the Executing Body of the European Union
2. To understand the objectives and structure of the European Commission
3. To analyse the priorities of the European Commission
4. To know the implications of the White Paper on the Future of Europe

Sample of the subject - The European Commission:

Description of the Subject - The European Commission:

The European Commission acts as the executing agency of the European Union, drawing up proposals for new Community legislation and implementing the decisions taken by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. The European Commission is politically independent. T

he European Commission also monitors compliance with the European legislation.

The European Commission is made up of the so-called 'college of commissioners', made up of a representative from each member state of the European Union. Its current president is Jean-Claude Juncker. Federica Mogherini is the Vice-President of the European Commission and also the head of the European External Action Service (EEAS).

The European Commission was created in 1958 and its headquarters is in Brussels (Belgium). About 32,546 people work at the European Commission.

The European Commission has identified ten strategic priorities for employment, investment, the Digital Single Market, energy union, climate, the internal market, Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), trade agreement with the United States, importance of the EU on the global stage, etc.

The European Commission manages the Structural and Investment Funds of the European Union.

All the countries of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the United Kingdom (BREXIT), the Czech Republic, Romania, and Sweden) are members of the European Commission.

The European Commission belongs to the European Economic Area of the Western Civilisation.