Institutions of the EU

Members of the European Commission

1 from each EU country (28)

Members of the European Court of Justice

1 judge from each EU country plus 11 advocates. Divided into the Court of Justice which deals with preliminary rulings from national courts and General Court which deals with actions for annulment brought by individual companies and EU governments.

Supervisory Roles of the European Parliament

1. Democratic Scrutiny of EU Institutions 2. Elect Commission President 3. Approve EU Budget

Budgetary Roles of European Parliament

1. Establishes EU budget with the Council of Ministers 2. Approve's EU's long-term budget

European Council

the ultimate controlling authority within the EU, Heads of State of each EU state

Members fo the European Council

Heads of state, European Commission President, High Representative for Foreign Affairs

Legislative roles of the European Parliament

1. Passing EU laws with Council of Ministers based on European Commission Proposals 2. Decide on international agreements 3. decide on enlargements 4. Review commissions

European Parliament works in two ways

1. committees that help to prepare legislation, examine legislation and put forward amendments 2. Plenary sessions in which they pass legislation or don't

President of the European Parliament

Antonio Tajani

Role of the European Council

Bring together EU leaders to set EU political agenda with the highest level of political cooperation between EU countries. Does not pass laws. Deals with sensitive issues that can't be resolved at lower levels.

Five institutions of the European Union

Council of Ministers, European Commission, European Council, European Court of Justice, European Parliament

European Council Role

Defines general political direction and priorities of the EU

President of the European Council

Donald Tusk

European Parliament

Elected EU body that provides consultation on issues proposed by European Commission. Directly elected every five years

Members of the Council of Ministers

Government ministers from each EU country which convene based on the policy area being discussed. President rotates every six months.

President of the European Commission

Jean Claude Juncker

MEPs

Members of the European Parliament (range from 6-96 depending on country in EU)

Role of the European Commission

Propose new laws. Manage EU policies and help to allocate EU spending, draws up annual budget for approval by parliament and council and supervises how money is spent. Proposed legislation and safe guards treaty. Authority for the single market is the European commission.

European Commission

Responsible for proposing EU legislation, implementing it, and monitoring compliance

Court of Justice of the European Union

The Court of Justice is the judicial body of the EU that makes decisions on issues of EU law and enforces European decisions either in respect to actions taken by the European Commission against a member state or actions taken by individuals to enforce their rights under EU law. The court is the judicial body of the EU that makes decisions on issues of EU law and enforces European decisions.

Breakdown

The three main decision-making institutions are: the European Parliament (EP), which represents the EU's citizens and is directly elected by them; the Council of Ministers, which represents the individual member states; The European Commission, which seeks to uphold the interests of the Union as a whole

Roles of the European Parliament

Three main roles: Legislative, Supervisory, Budgetary

Role of the Council of Ministers

Voice of the EU member governments, adopts EU laws and coordinates policies. Together with the European Parliament they are the main decision making body. They negotiate and adopt EU laws with the European Parliament based on suggestions from the European Commission. Coordinate Foreign policy and develop security based on European Council guidelines.

Council of Ministers (EU)

consists of foreign ministers, finance ministers, the president of France, and all the prime ministers of the other members. They pass any laws initiated by the EU Commission. They are the primary decision making body.