European Commission
a.k.a. EC
The EU's executive arm: it proposes laws, enforces EU rules and manages the budget.
In plain English
The EU's executive arm: it proposes laws, enforces EU rules and manages the budget.
The European Commission, based in Brussels, drafts EU legislation, checks that member states follow the rules and negotiates trade deals on the EU's behalf.
It also judges national budgets against EU fiscal rules, which has made it a player in debt debates that can move the euro.
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