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The Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission.

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 Brussels.

Organisation

Commissioner

2019-2024: Ursula von der Leyen

Director-general

2023– Dana Spinant

External links

Directorate-General for Communication at the official European Commission website

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