Key EU institutions

Question 1

Key EU institutions

Answer 1

• CJEU (court of justice of the EU) Art 19 TEU
• Commission art 17 teu
• European council art 15, 18 teu
• Council of ministers art 16 teu
• European parliament art 14 teu

Question 2

CJEU

Answer 2

-Highest court
-Interprets + applies EU treaties (give definitive interpretations of the TFEU and TEU)
-Individuals r able to apply but must meet certain requirements
-Preliminary reference procedure: member state might be adjudicating eu law n might have a q on how the treaty applies in that circumstance.
Court will adjourn domestic proceeding n send to CJEU who will give answer

Question 3

Commission

Answer 3

• Proposes or comes up with new legislation for eu
• Will write a draft, put it before council of minister n european parliament
• can also ensure states r complying with eu law by bringing them before cjeu or investigating
• made up of 47 members. 1 member per state.
• members rep the interests of eu as a whole

Question 4

European council

Answer 4

-heads of state of each member state
eg PM would be one
-meet 2x a year
-decide overall policy & objectives + directions of eu

Question 5

Council of ministers

Answer 5

-Ministers of members of the executive of member state
eg if they were gonna do suin on education, they’d want minister of education from each state to join
-vote alongside european parliament on legislation proposed by commission on specific thing
-council of M dont propose legislation, only council do
-they can require commission to submit a proposal on x topic

Question 6

European Parliament

Answer 6

• members who are elected in each state
• those MPs are allocated a number of seats according to population of country
• also vote on whether to adopt legislation proposed by commission + power to require com to submit proposals