The European commission: The European executive between continuity and change

European Union: Power and Policy-Making: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 99-120

  Christiansen, Thomas ^a  

^a Institut Europeacute en d'Administration Publique   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84904782013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203004449     Document Type: Chapter

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