Composition
The Commissioner's cabinets are seen as the real concentration of power within the Commission and consists of six members, but the exact membership faces restrictions. Two must be women, no more than three can be of the same nationality as the Commissioner and it must also reflect the Union's regional diversity. However the exact make up does change throughout the Commissioner's term. The head member is known by its French translation: Chef de Cabinet.
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“Vices enter into the composition of virtues as poisons into the composition of certain medicines. Prudence and common sense mix them together, and make excellent use of them against the misfortunes that attend human life.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
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—Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
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—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)