European Commission

noun

1. Former name (until 1993): Commission of the European Communities. the executive body of the European Union formed in 1967, which initiates action in the EU and mediates between member governments

Example Sentences

In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week, Nawrocki said Poland, which has welcomed more than one million Ukrainian refugees since Russia's full-scale invasion of their country in February 2022, had done its part.

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European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said the incidents amounted to a "coherent and escalating campaign".

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ESG means different things to different Europeans, putting it mildly, even after the European Commission’s 2021 Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, or SFDR.

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"It is obviously the intention of President von der Leyen to raise this and discuss this with Commissioner Varhelyi directly," European Commission spokeswoman Paula Pinho told a press conference in the Belgian capital.

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Neither the Hungarian government, nor the European Commission's representation in Budapest have so far responded to AFP's request for comment.

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