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The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union. Full Article
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EU leaders pose during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 29, 2009.
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EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, poses next to a Greenpeace installation, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.
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Spanish farmer Fernando Jose Llobell Bisbal, left, talks with EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.
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A Thai farmer hands over a petition to EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, right, in front of the European Commission and Council headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009.
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski (L) holds the EU's Lisbon Treaty as Polish President Donald Tusk (2ndL), Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (C), whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso (2ndR), President of European...
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski (c) holds the EU's Lisbon Treaty as Polish President Donald Tusk (L), Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2ndL), whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso (2ndR), President of European...
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski (c) holds the EU's Lisbon Treaty as Polish President Donald Tusk (L), Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (2ndL), whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso (2ndR), President of European...
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski (c) signs the EU's Lisbon Treaty as Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L), whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, President of European Parliament Jerzy Buzek (C) and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso (R) stand behi...
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski (c) signs the EU's Lisbon Treaty as Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L), whose country holds the EU rotating presidency, President of European Parliament Jerzy Buzek (C) and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso (R) stand behi...
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Poland's President Lech Kaczynski signs the EU's Lisbon Treaty as Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L), European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) look on at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw October 10, 2009.
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Poland's President Lech Kaczynski (L) shows signed document of EU's Lisbon Treaty as Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk (2nd L), Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (C), European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (2nd R) and European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek look o...
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Poland's President Lech Kaczynski signs the EU's Lisbon Treaty as Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (L), European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) look on at the presidential palace in Warsaw October 10, 2009.
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EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, shakes hands with China's vice President Xi Jinping, at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.
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EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, left, shakes hands with China's vice President Xi Jinping, at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.
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EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso addresses the media on the outcome of the Irish Referendum at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009.
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EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso smiles as he addresses the media on the outcome of the Irish Referendum at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009.
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EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso smiles as he addresses the media on the outcome of the Irish Referendum at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009.
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EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia and EU internal market and services commissioner Charlie McCreevy (unseen) give a joint press on September 23, 2009, in Brussels.
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EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia and EU internal market and services commissioner Charlie McCreevy (unseen) give a joint press on September 23, 2009, in Brussels.
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EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia and EU internal market and services commissioner Charlie McCreevy (unseen) give a joint press on September 23, 2009, in Brussels.
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EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia (L) and EU internal market and services commissioner Charlie McCreevy give a joint press on September 23, 2009, in Brussels.
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EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia (L) and EU internal market and services commissioner Charlie McCreevy give a joint press on September 23, 2009, in Brussels.
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Vice-president of the European Commission, Jacques Barrot, speaks during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 21, 2009.
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Vice-president of the European Commission, Jacques Barrot, speaks during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 21, 2009.
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The European Commission has opened formal anti-trust proceedings against Thomson Reuters ... concerning a potential infringement of (EU) rules on abuse of a dominant market position
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Our current thesis on [Sun] assumes the announced [Oracle] acquisition will close, but risks have increased ... There remains a risk that the European Commission will provide a ’statement of objections’ to [Oracle’s] planned acquisition of [Sun] based on concerns regarding [Oracle’s] plans for the MySQL...
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We’ve taken significant steps to adapt to the environment in which we operate and our underlying business remains solid. We continue to do good business and remain committed to supporting our 1.9m customers. Following this week’s announcement regarding the state aid measures agreed with the European Com...
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tremendous need and opportunity for us—the European Commission and the United States—to collaborate on integrating the global scientific community so that we can all take advantage of the benefits
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Minister Bogollagama -- expressed confidence that the observations provided by Sri Lanka would be extensively examined by the European Commission and the findings reflected in its recommendation to the Council of the European Union
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There are ongoing informal discussions between the European Commission and Microsoft and Yahoo on their search engine partnership
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The World Bank acts in conjunction with and in support to the European Commission, France and the African Development Bank, which reflects the high degree of collaboration between these institutions
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Directly funded by the European Commission, the EUTW plays an important role in expanding exchanges between Europe and Taiwan in the academic and civic areas
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It is extraordinary that the European Commission, the OECD, the IMF all have said there is a clear way out for Ireland and that is to resolve our banking crisis, address our public finances and restore our competitiveness
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Germany's going to be in a difficult position with the European Commission if it now goes back and says we're not going to fund General Motors' restructuring because, in effect, that says it's undermining state aid rules
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This decision by President Obama... is the culmination of a long campaign led by the European Commission and Parliament for the elimination of visa waiver travel restrictions tied to a person's HIV status
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This is a question for the president of the European Union and the president of the European Commission today. They said before it was possible and that they needed a month and a half to two months. Three months have already passed. It's about time to get something done
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In fact a few weeks back, I inaugurated a new European Commission (EC)-funded school in eastern Sri Lanka in the presence of the President [Mahinda Rajapaksa]. Thats the extent of our relationship
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On October 30, I will ask the European Commission to reinforce its means of regulating the milk sector from the beginning of 2010
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The science community needs to constantly engage with all interested stakeholders and their challenge is to communicate science effectively ... International S&T cooperation has rightfully gained prominence for bettering relations with the world while addressing common global challenges. We at the Europ...
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This is the second time the European Commission has hosted Business Europe's annual conference. It shows how close the EU institutions are to business when it comes to climate change
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The government has today welcomed the European Commission's approval of the legal and capital restructure of Northern Rock
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Iarnrod Eireann is portrayed as rife with backhanders, collusion and fraud ... Three people out of a staff of 11,300 hardly warrants headlines of backhanders. It is grossly untrue and unfair to workers. The European Commission this year has said that procedures are excellent and monitoring good. There i...
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It is hard to argue the virtue of saving lives and speeding assistance to crash victims. But in a free market, the value of such a system or service, if demonstrable or self-evident, should not require a mandate and should not be free. It is unfortunate that the European Commission could not simply have...
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Approval from the European Commission marks a key milestone for the completion of our transaction with Schering-Plough
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As in previous years CARE For Europe, along with other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), is campaigning for specific wording to be included in the European Commission's annual budget for overseas development
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We want to establish a very energetic agenda for the remainder of the Obama administration's term and the term of the new European Commission
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We built this alliance with other companies and Bulgaria’s representative in the European Commission responsible for consumer protection, Meglena Kouneva, was very supportive ... It was a civil society project and not a case of everyone against the Roma.
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The European Commission has rightly raised serious concerns
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The UK Government often trumpet their record in working with developing economies to tackle climate change, and along with the European Commission they must now treat this project with the urgency it deserves. It is one of the projects that must work, and happen quickly if we are to turn climate change ...
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