The Institutions Of The Eu Flashcards
What are the key facts about institutions?
Institutions are independent of member states. They are supranational (transcend national Boundaries). There is no separation of powers between them.Member states have delegated certain powers to be institutions whom run the EU for them.
What does institutional triage consist of?
Institutional triage is made up of the European Commission, European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.
Give a brief sentence of what each institution does?
The European commission represents the interests of the EU as a whole.
The European Parliament represents the interests of European citizens.
The Council of the European Union represents the governments of the member states.
Give a detailed description of the European Parliament.
Plenary sessions are held in Strasbourg and Brussels. Beforehand the European Parliament had no legislative power and could only act in a consultative capacity. Controversial and lead to democratic deficit. Now democratically elected and chairs left power.
What is the composition of the European Parliament?
European Parliament consists of members whom are elected every five years in each member state.
Degressive proportionality -this means that the number of MEP selected for each day is done so for the system.
- 8 political groups - European People’s party
- The last election with May 2014 the next election will be May 2019
- MEPS for UK - 73, 1/3 woman
What are the functions of the European Parliament?
It’s scrutinises the work of other institutions and debates in the adopts with the council the EU budget and passes all EU laws.
What are the brief facts of the European Council?
Council was given its status for the Treaty of Lisbon.
The council meets twice every six months and meetings often referred to as European summits.
What is the composition of the European Council?
European Council is composed of political heads of states of each 28 member states. There is one President and President of the commission. The current president is Donald Tusk.
What is the function of the European Council?
The European Council provides the union with necessary impetus for its development and shall define the general political directions and priorities thereof.
What are the brief facts of the Council of the European Union?
Formerly known as Council of ministers and is based in Brussels.
What is the composition of the Council of the European Union?
It is made up of one representative from each member state.
Presidency rotate every six months and member states whom have presidency work together in groups of three.
What are the functions of the Council of the European Union?
It is the power to legislate,
power to coordinate economic policies and
the approval of the EU’s budget.
What is the commission?
The commission formally known as the higher authority and is a politically independent institution. It represents and upholds the interests of the EU and is the nearest institution to what we would term as an executive.
Where is the commission based?
Brussels
What is the composition of the commission?
There is one commissioner from each member state. Each has to agree to pursue EU interests on appointment and not their own national interests. Decisions are made by the College of commissioners. The commission is led by its president who is currently John Claude junker.
