EUROat20 event 20 years of the Economic and Monetary Union, Brussels - Main contents
| date | December 3, 2018 09:30 - 11:00 |
|---|---|
| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Delors building (JDE) i  |
| station | EbS+ |
| attending | J.-C. (Jean-Claude) Trichet i, J.L.J. (Jacques) Delors i, V. (Valdis) Dombrovskis i, (Eva) Maydell i, P. (Pierre) Moscovici i, M.J. (Mário) Gomes de Freitas Centeno i et al. |
| organisation | European Commission (EC) i |
Program:
'TED-talk' style speech
-
-Beppe SEVERGNINI, Columnist, Corriere della Sera
The first 20 years of the Euro - an extraordinary journey
talk show with Viktoria DENDRINOU (Bloomberg)interviewing
-
-Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Vice-President of the EC in charge of the Euro, Social Dialogue, Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union
-
-Jean-Claude TRICHET, Former President, European Central Bank
-
-Nadia CALVIÑO, Minsiter of Economy and Enterprise, Spain
-
-Charles GRANT, Director, Centre for European Reform and biographer of Jacques Delors
Coffee break
The future of the Euro - an exciting prospect
Talk show with Sasha VAKULINA (Euronews) interviewing
-
-Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs
-
-Mario CENTENO, President, Eurogroup (TBC)
-
-Eva MAYDELL, MEP
-
-David SCHNEIDER, Founder and CO-CEO, Zalando (TBC)
Contents
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.