European Commission
Brussels policy body
The European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, enforcing EU law, and managing day-to-day affairs.
Based in Brussels, it operates somewhat like a cabinet government, with commissioners from each member state overseeing specific policy areas.
The European Commission proposed new regulations on artificial intelligence.
Creating consistency across systems
- single marketIntegrated trading bloc
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- enlargementIncrease in size
accession · treaty · supranational · federalism · Schengen · deepening · widening · acquis communautaire
Official enactment of statutes
- directivesFormal commands or instructions
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- agendaFormal discussion list
initiatives · reform · strategy · priorities · implementation · guidelines · proposals · white paper
Official rules governing conduct
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
coordination · authority · jurisdiction · accountability · transparency · decision-making · executive power · subsidiarity
Officials heading regulatory bodies
- collegeHigher education institution
- cabinetsEnclosed storage furniture
- portfoliosCollections of representative work
- civil serviceGovernment's administrative workforce
Eurocrats · spokesperson · executive body · vice-presidents · nomination · hearings · mandate
harmonization
Creating consistency across systems
- single marketIntegrated trading bloc
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- cohesionTendency to bind together
enlargement · accession · treaty · supranational · federalism · Schengen · deepening · widening · acquis communautaire · customs union
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- directivesFormal commands or instructions
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- frameworkUnderlying support system
agenda · initiatives · reform · strategy · priorities · implementation · guidelines · proposals · white paper · consultation
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- complianceAdhering to requirements
supervision · coordination · authority · jurisdiction · accountability · transparency · decision-making · executive power · subsidiarity · proportionality
commissioners
Officials heading regulatory bodies
- collegeHigher education institution
- cabinetsEnclosed storage furniture
- portfoliosCollections of representative work
civil service · Eurocrats · spokesperson · executive body · vice-presidents · nomination · hearings · mandate
headquarters
Central command location
- EurostarCross-channel passenger rail
- EU Institutions
- Public Institutionslocal councils, public archives, public hospitals, universities, social services
- EU lawTreaty of Rome, acquis communautaire, directives, transposition, direct effect
- EU BodiesEuropol, ERA, ETF, LISA, GSA
- standardsstandard, standards, norm, norms, criterion
- EUAustria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus
European Commissionnational government
Country's central ruling body
European CommissionBrexit
UK leaving European Union
Euroscepticism · Euroskepticism · UKIP · nationalist parties · disintegration
commission, Eurocentrism, European, Eurozone, Europeans, Euroscepticism, Eurocentric