EU policy

The West Finland European Office follows the changes in the EU policy and the ongoing political debate and informs the local actors in the WFA area on that.

The communication from the West Finland European office also includes references to the actions of the European Union institutions. It is beneficial to understand the basic working principles of these institutions. Brief descriptions on all relevant institutions, their operating principles and central concepts can be found at the European Union web pages http://europa.eu.int/.

The European Commission focuses on the following policy areas:

- Agriculture http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/agriculture/index_en.htm
- Audiovisual http://ec.europa.eu/avpolicy/index_en.htm
- Budget http://ec.europa.eu/budget/index_en.htm
- Competition http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/index_en.html
- Consumer http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/index_en.htm
- Culture http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/index_en.html
- Customs http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/taxation_customs/index_en.htm
- Development http://ec.europa.eu/development/index_en.cfm
- Economic and Monetary Union http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/economy_finance/index_en.htm
- Education and Training http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/index_en.html
- Employment and Social Affairs http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/employment_social/index_en.htm
- Energy http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/index_en.html
- Enlargement http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/enlargement/index_en.htm
- Enterprise http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm
- Environment http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/environment/index_en.htm
- External Relations http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/external_relations/index_en.htm
- External Trade http://ec.europa.eu/trade/index_en.htm
- Fisheries http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/fisheries/index_en.htm
- Food Safety http://ec.europa.eu/food/index_en.htm
- Foreign&Security Policy http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/cfsp/intro/index.htm
- Fraud http://ec.europa.eu/anti_fraud/index_en.html
- Humanitarian Aid http://ec.europa.eu/echo/index_en.htm
- Information Society http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/index_en.htm
- Justice and Home Affairs http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/justice_home/index_en.htm
- Public Health http://ec.europa.eu/health/index_en.htm
- Regional Policy http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.htm
- Research&Innovation http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm
- Taxation http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/common/about/welcome/index_en.htm
- Transport http://ec.europa.eu/transport/index_en.html