Data on Commissions

This dataset includes data on Commissions of the European Union (1958-2021). There is one observation per Commission. The data indicates the national party and European political group of the President of the Commission and the start and end dates of each Commission. The Mansholt Commission is treated as its own Commission. The Marín Commission is treated as part of the Santer Commission.

commissions

Format

A data frame with 25 variables:

key_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each observation. Indicates the default sort order for the dataset.

commission_id

Numeric. The ID number that uniquely identifies each Commission.

commission

String. The name of the Commission.

full_name

String. The full name of the President of the Commission.

full_name_latin

String. The full name of the President of the Commission using only basic Latin characters.

last_name

String. The last name of the President of the Commission.

last_name_latin

String. The last name of the President of the Commission using only basic Latin characters.

first_name

String. The first name of the President of the Commission.

first_name_latin

String. The first name of the President of the Commission using only basic Latin characters.

member_state_id

Numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each member state.

member_state

String. The name of the President of the Commission's member state.

member_state_code

String. The two-letter code assigned by the Commission to the President of the Commission's member state.

national_party_code

String. The common abbreviation of the President of the Commission's national political party.

national_party_name

String. The name of the President of the Commission's national political party in the President's member state's official language.

national_party_name_english

String. The name of the President of the Commission's national political party in English.

political_group_code

String. The common abbreviation of the political group.

political_group_name

String. The name of the President of the Commission's political group.

start_date

Date. The start date of the Commission.

start_year

Numeric. The start year of the Commission.

start_month

Numeric. The start month of the Commission.

start_day

Numeric. The start day of the Commission.

end_date

Date. The end date of the Commission.

end_year

Numeric. The start year of the Commission.

end_month

Numeric. The start month of the Commission.

end_day

Numeric. The end day of the Commission.