Press conference at the ERCC ECHO by EC President Ursula VON DER LEYEN, and Commissioners Janez LENARČIČ, Stella KYRIAKIDES, Ylva JOHANSSON, Adina VĂLEAN, and Paolo GENTILONI, on the EU's response to COVID-19, Brussels - Main contents
| date | March 2, 2020 12:00 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | ERCC ECHO building, Brussels (12h00)  |
| station | EbS |
| attending | S. (Stella) Kyriakides i, P. (Paolo) Gentiloni i, U.G. (Ursula) von der Leyen i, J. (Janez) Lenarčič i, Y.J.M. (Ylva) Johansson i et al. |
| organisation | European Commission (EC) i |
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Joint press conference by Ursula VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission, Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Ylva JOHANSSON, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Adina VĂLEAN, European Commissioner for Transport, and Paolo GENTILONI, European Commissioner for Economy
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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.