Eurocrat

A Eurocrat (a portmanteau of "European" and "bureaucrat") is "a staff member of the administrative commission of the European Union"[1] or more broadly, any official of the European Union.[2] The term was coined by Richard Mayne, a journalist and personal assistant to the first Commission president, Walter Hallstein, in 1961.[1][3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eurocrat, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved 27/01/2012.
  2. ↑ Cuddon, J. A. et al. (1998). A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 543. ISBN 978-0-631-20271-4
  3. ↑ Jarvie, Gordon (2007) Bloomsbury Grammar Guide: Grammar Made Easy. A & C Black. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-7136-8187-1
  4. ↑ Tindall, Gillian (22 December 2009). "Richard Mayne obituary". The Guardian (London). p. 30. Retrieved 22 December 2009.