{"id":1755,"date":"2013-03-13T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T13:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/?page_id=1755"},"modified":"2014-01-14T13:07:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T13:07:47","slug":"what-you-should-know-now","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/learning\/module-1-understanding-eu-institutions\/the-european-commission\/what-you-should-know-now\/","title":{"rendered":"What you should know now"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>How the European Commission evolved.<\/li>\n<li>What the main functions of the Commission are.<\/li>\n<li>Why and how the Commission proposes new laws.<\/li>\n<li>What the European Citizen\u2019s Initiative is.<\/li>\n<li>What the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are.<\/li>\n<li>What\u00a0 the steps of non-compliance procedure are.<\/li>\n<li>How the College of Commissioners is appointed.<\/li>\n<li>What the principle of collegiality is.<\/li>\n<li>The role of the President of the Commission<b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Further Reading<\/h2>\n<p>Bauer, M., W. (Ed.). (2009).\u00a0<i>Reforming the European Commission<\/i>. London: Routledge.<\/p>\n<p>Cini, M. (1996).<i>The European Commission: leadership, organisation and culture in the EU administration.\u00a0<\/i>Manchester: Manchester University Press.<\/p>\n<p>Dimitrakopoulos, D. (2004).\u00a0<i>The changing European Commission<\/i>. Manchester: Manchester University Press.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards, G., Spence, D. (Eds.). (1997).\u00a0<i>The European Commission\u00a0<\/i>(2<sup>nd\u00a0<\/sup>ed). London: Cartermill.<\/p>\n<p>Hooghe, L. (2002).\u00a0<i>The European Commission and the integration of Europe: images of Governance\u00a0<\/i>[Electronic version]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n<p>Nugent, N. (2000).\u00a0<i>The European Commission.\u00a0<\/i>Basingstoke: Palgrave.<\/p>\n<p>Nugent, N. (Ed.). (1997).\u00a0<i>At the heart of the union: studies of the European Commission.\u00a0<\/i>Basingstoke: Macmillan.<\/p>\n<p>Peterson, J. (2011).\u00a0\u00a0<i>The College of Commissioners<\/i>.J. Peterson, M. Shackleton. (Ed.),\u00a0<i>The Institutions of the European Union (pp.\u00a0 96-123)\u00a0<\/i>. Oxford: Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How the European Commission evolved. What the main functions of the Commission are. Why and how the Commission proposes new laws. What the European Citizen\u2019s Initiative is. What the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are. What\u00a0 the steps of non-compliance procedure are. How the College of Commissioners is appointed. 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