The interior quiet and cabin timbre belong to a European executive saloon.
Proceeding along such a path is only possible with a more democratic system by which the European executive is appointed either through direct election or election by a more robust European Parliament.
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The Hay Group reckons that a European chief executive's basic salary is much the same as that of his counterpart across the Atlantic.
European Commission spokesman Jonathan Todd said the European Union executive would soon adopt a decision to allow the transfer of data to the United States under the agreed framework.
They were also reviewing proposals approved by the executive European Commission on Wednesday that involve harmonising police and judicial action, long considered core areas of national sovereignty.
Greece was also in the spotlight, as European Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen said the central bank won't take part in any potential debt restructuring of the debt-laden country.
In a bid to restore confidence further, European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure said Cyprus is a totally unique case, adding it would be wrong for policymakers to suggest otherwise.
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In a bid to restore confidence, European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure said Cyprus is a totally unique case, adding it would be wrong for policy makers to suggest otherwise.
France is leading the European clampdown on executive pay, and is planning to introduce legislation after failing to reach an agreement with Medef, the organization representing employers, who had been asked to draw up a set of guidelines.
Yields in Spain and Italy, which had soared Tuesday, pulled back as investors took some solace from European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure, who suggested that the central bank could turn to its bond-purchase program again to ease stress in Spain, where some feared the bond-market selloff would accelerate should 10-year yields top 6%.
National governments must follow macroeconomic directives set by the European Commission, the European Union's executive arm.
"We are delighted to be bringing the Heineken Cup final back to Scotland, " said European Rugby Cup chief executive Derek McGrath.
The European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, has proposed that uninsured depositors in failing banks should potentially face losses but not before 2018.
As the European Union's executive, it sees itself as the custodian of procedural decorum and the guardian of the interests of the EU as a whole.
He asked whether the girl did not have a legal case to raise against the Scottish Executive because her rights under the European Convention on Human Rights had been undermined by the executive's decision not to pay her fees when the course of her choice was not available in Scotland.
There is also the question of holding the executive (the European Commission) to account.
An executive from a European clothing company that recently pulled out of Myanmar describes how the government took over its factory.
Among the more senior moves this year: In February, Credit Suisse First Boston welcomed Michael Philipp as chairman and chief executive of its European, Middle East and Africa regions.
Corin Millais, chief executive of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), says there has been a big change in the way the industry has developed during the past five years.
One Brazilian executive with a European manufacturer says that the government will not lower the tariffs until the Japanese invest locally on such a scale that they will supply the market that way.
George O'Grady, the chief executive of the European Tour, was delighted at the news, particularly as the minimum required number of events for a player to compete in has risen from 12 to 13.
The disclosure is likely to infuriate News Corporation and the chief executive of its European and Asian operations, James Murdoch, who expected and hoped that the deal would be assessed only in Brussels by the EU competition regulator and only for its impact on the competitive landscape.
In a message to Mr Tadic, Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission - the EU's executive arm - said the result was "a victory for democracy in Serbia and for the European values we share".
He accused Mr Sarkozy of having reduced the role of the European Commission - the EU's executive arm - to that of a "secretariat" for the presidents and prime ministers who form the European Council.
However, the American government should welcome the emergence of a gigantic European contractor, says a defence executive.
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The EU's executive arm, the European Commission, which drafted the so-called back-loading plan, said it regretted parliament's move.
The EU's executive arm, the European Commission, which devised the so-called backloading plan, said it regretted parliament's move.
Mr Padoa Schioppa headed Consob, Italy's securities' watchdog, briefly, before being appointed to the executive committee of the European Central Bank last year.
"We know that in five years the US dollar will be stronger than it is today, " the chief executive of a leading European car maker told BBC News.
In achieving the hoped-for 40% of leadership positions being held by women, executive bodies like the European Commission and governments could, for example, legislate interventions like free or cheap childcare in all workplaces.
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