As I feel I have to always add, this is not a criticism of the bulk of administrative practice, but rather a question of whether it is possible to improve the overall administrative culture.
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In any case, ethnic borders in the Cantabrian Mountains were not so important after that time, as the clan divisions that permeated the pre-Roman societies of all the peoples of Northern Iberia faded under similar political administrative culture imposed on them by the Romans.
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Whilst the Commission's DGs cover similar policy areas to the ministries in national governments, European Civil Servants have not necessarily been trained, or worked, in a national civil service before employment in the EU . On entry, they do not therefore share a common administrative culture.
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He refers to the fact that the executive was an amalgamation of 17 different bodies and has absorbed a further eight bodies since its formation in 2005, Today, five years on, it still largely resembles a federation of former autonomous entities, rather than a coherent single integrated organisation model with a shared identity and mission, he says . Magee also says a legacy administrative culture still prevails in the executive reinforced in recent years through the highly centralised and rigid public service control.
