The Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) is a

Directorate-General Within the European Union (EU), Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility. Within the European Commission specifically, Directorates-General are the equivalent of national-level Ministry (government department), m ...

of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

. The mission of the DG Communication is: * To inform the media and citizens of the activities of the European Commission and to communicate the objectives and goals of its policies and actions. * To inform the Commission of the evolution of opinion in the Member States. The DG Communication is based in

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Organisation

Commissioner

*2019-2024:

Ursula von der Leyen Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen (; ; born 8 October 1958) is a German politician, serving as president of the European Commission since 2019. She served in the Cabinet of Germany, German federal government between 2005 and 2019, holding position ...

Director-general

*2023– Dana Spinant

External links

Directorate-General for Communication
at the official

website

Communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

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