EUROPEAN COMMISSION

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

1. EUROPEAN COMMISSION DR. MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR. [email protected]

2. INTRODUCTION The European Commission is the EU's executive body. It represents the interests of the European Union as a whole (not the interests of individual countries).

3. The European Union is a politico-economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. It covers an area of 4,324,782 km², with an estimated population of over 508 million.

4. Founded : November 1, 1993 Maastricht , Netherland.

5. HEADQUARTERS IN  BRUSSELS

6. The European Commission has its headquarters in  Brussels , Belgium, and some services also in  Luxembourg . The Commission has Representations  in all EU Member States  and 139 Delegations across the globe.

7. MOTTO Motto: " United in diversity ”

8. FLAG

9. Official languages : 24 languages . Type : Politico -E conomic Union. Member states : 28 states

10. MEMBERS

11. MEMBERS

12. LEADERS PRESIDENT : JEAN CLAUDE JUNCKER (since 2014)

13. PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL DONALD TUSK (Since 2014)

14. PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIMENT MARTIN SCULTZ ( since 2014)

15. Legislature : Council of the EU Parliament . Website : europa.eu

16. STRUCTURE

17. ROLES Propose legislation  which is then adopted by the co-legislators, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers

18. Enforce European law  (where necessary with the help of the Court of Justice of the EU. Set a objectives and priorities for action , outlined yearly in the Commission Work Programme and work towards delivering them

19. Set a objectives and priorities for action , outlined yearly in the Commission Work Programme and work towards delivering them. Manage and implement  EU policies  and the  budget

20. Represent the Union outside Europe (negotiating  trade agreements  between the EU and other countries, for example.)

21. MODE OF FUNCTIONING

22. EU decision-making involves three main institutions: The  European Commission  which represents the interests of the EU as a whole,

23. The  Council of the European Union  which represents the individual member countries. The  European Parliament , which represents EU citizens and is directly elected by them.

24. The Commission is divided into several departments and services. The departments are known as Directorate-Generals (DGs). On this page, each DG is classified according to the policy it deals with .

25. DEPARTMENTS (DGS) Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) Budget (BUDG) Climate Action (CLIMA) Communication (COMM) Etc.,

26. THANK YOU