EC President Jean-Claude JUNCKER in Berlin, Germany
| date | November 12, 2018 10:55 - 11:30 |
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| city | Berlin, Germany |
| location | Hotel Adlon  |
| station | EbS+ |
| attending | J.C. (Jean-Claude) Juncker1, A.D. (Angela) Merkel2 et al. |
| organisation | European Commission (EC)3 |
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-delivers the keynote speech at the Economic Summit organised by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, in Berlin, Germany.
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-President Jean-Claude Juncker meets Ms Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, for a working lunch, in Berlin, Germany.
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The European Commission is the executive body of the EU and runs its day-to-day business. It is made up of the College of Commissioners, 27 European Commissioners, one for each member state, who are each responsible for one or several policy areas. In addition, the 'Commission' also refers to the entire administrative body that supports the Commissioners, consisting of the Directorates-General and the Services.
The European Commission is the sole EU body capable of proposing new legislation. The Commission also performs an oversight function, monitoring whether European legislation is properly implemented in the member states. In the event of non-compliance, the Commission can coerce a member state to comply by starting a legal procedure at the European Court of Justice.
- 1.Jean-Claude Juncker (1945) is the president of the European Commission. Juncker is a member of the Luxembourg party Christian Social People's Party (CVP), which is aligned with the European People's Party. Juncker server as prime minister of Luxembourg for nearly twenty years.
- 2.Angela Merkel (1954) was van 22 november 2005 tot 8 december 2021 bondskanselier van Duitsland. Zij leidde sinds 2018 een coalitie van CDU/CSU met de SPD. Zij is scheikundige en werkte als wetenschapper in de DDR. In 1990 werd zij voor de CDU lid van de Bondsdag. In 1991-1994 was Angela Merkel minister voor vrouwen- en jeugdzaken en in 1994-1998 minister van milieu. In 2000 volgde zij Helmut Kohl op als voorzitter van de CDU.
- 3.The European Commission is the executive body of the EU and runs its day-to-day business. It is made up of the College of Commissioners, 27 European Commissioners, one for each member state, who are each responsible for one or several policy areas. In addition, the 'Commission' also refers to the entire administrative body that supports the Commissioners, consisting of the Directorates-General and the Services.