policy_area_allocations: Data on policy area allocations
In jfjelstul/ecio: The European Commission Internal Organization (ECIO) Database

This dataset includes data on policy area allocations (1958-2021). There is one observation per policy area allocation per Commission (i.e., one observation per policy area per Commissioner per Commission). A new observation is created every time a change in the portfolio of a Commissioner leads to a change in who oversees a policy area. There can be multiple observations per individual per Commission if an individual oversees multiple policy areas or if the individual's portfolio changes during the Commission. Policy area allocations do not span Commissions. If a Commissioner oversees a policy area for more than one Commission, there will be multiple observations, one for each Commission. The dataset indicates the start and end dates of each policy allocation.

1	policy_area_allocations

A data frame with 28 variables:

key_id: numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each observation. Indicates the default sort order for the dataset.
commission_id: numeric. The ID number that uniquely identifies each Commission. See the commissions dataset.
commission: string. The name of the Commission. See the commissions dataset.
commissioner_id: numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each individual who was served as a Commissioner. See the commissioners dataset.
full_name: string. The full name of the Commissioner.
full_name_latin: string. The full name of the Commissioner using only basic Latin characters.
last_name: string. The last name of the Commissioner.
last_name_latin: string. The last name of the Commissioner using only basic Latin characters.
first_name: string. The first name of the Commissioner.
first_name_latin: string. The first name of the Commissioner using only basic Latin characters.
member_state_id: numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each member state.
member_state: string. The name of the Commissioner's member state.
member_state_code: string. The two-letter code assigned by the Commission to the Commissioner's member state.
national_party_code: string. The common abbreviation of the Commissioner's national political party.
national_party_name: string. The name of the Commissioner's national political party in the Commissioner's member state's official language.
national_party_name_english: string. The name of the Commissioner's national political party in English.
political_group_code: string. The common abbreviation of the political group.
political_group_name: string. The name of the Commissioner's political group.
start_date: date. The start date of the allocation. Allocations do not cross Commissions.
start_year: numeric. The start year of the allocation. Allocations do not cross Commissions.
start_month: numeric. The start month of the allocation. Allocations do not cross Commissions.
start_day: numeric. The start day of the allocation. Allocations do not cross Commissions.
end_date: date. The end date of the allocation. Allocations do not cross Commissions.
end_year: numeric. The start year of the allocation. Allocations do not cross Commissions.
end_month: numeric. The start month of the allocation. Allocations do not cross Commissions.
end_day: numeric. The end day of the allocation. Allocations do not cross Commissions.
policy_area_id: numeric. An ID number that uniquely identifies each policy area. See the policy_areas dataset.
policy_area: numeric. The name of the policy area. See the policy_areas dataset.