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Each member state of the European Union has the right to a single commissioner (before the Barroso I Commission in November 2004, the five largest states—France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom—were granted two) and appoints them in consultation with the President.
Directorate-General for Digital Services; Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology; Internal Audit Service (European Commission) Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union; Internal Services in the European Commission; Directorate-General for International Partnerships
The Directorates-General of the European Commission are divided into four groups: Policy DGs, External relations DGs, General Service DGs and Internal Service DGs. Internally, the DGs are referred to by their abbreviations , provided below.
The Directorate-General for this portfolio is shared with the Commissioner for Transport as the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport. The EU is an active supporter of the Kyoto Protocol, which it signed alongside its member-states. In March 2007 the Union committed itself to cut CO 2 emissions by 20 percent by 2020.
The European Commission organized a video conference of world leaders on 4 May 2020 to raise funds for COVID-19 vaccine development. US$8 billion was raised. [98] The European Commission issued a new multi-year data plan in February 2020 pushing the digitalization of all aspects of EU society for the benefit of civic and economic growth.
Two out of three Commission staff members working on aid implementation are based in the field. That is why most of the preparatory and implementation work is done through the EU Delegations [20] in the beneficiary countries. Directorate-General is made up of more than 43 units divided into nine directorates [21] attached to the Director General.
The role of a cabinet is to give political guidance to its Commissioner. Technical policy preparation is handled by the European Civil Service. [1] The term is not to be confused with the European Commission's top decision making-body known in EU-lexicon, as the "College of Commissioners" (referred to in most political systems as a cabinet).
The Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. [1] It was formerly known as the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.