| · acts together with the Council as alegislator
· shares with the Council the budgetary power and decides in the last instance on the general budget of the EU
· exerts the democratic control over EU institutions including the European Commission and appoints the Commission members
· based and plenary sessions inStrasbourg, General Secretariat inLuxembourg, primarily meets in Brussels
| · summit of the Heads of Government, chaired by the President of the European Council)
· gives the necessary impetus for the development and sets out general objectives and priorities
· will not legislate
· based in Brussels
| · acts together with the Parliament as alegislator
· exerts together with the Parliament the budgetary power
· ensures coordination of the broad economic and social policy and sets out guidelines for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
· conclude international agreements
· based in Brussels
| · is the "government"
· submits proposals for new legislation to the Parliament and to the Council
· implements EU policy and administers the budget
· ensures compliance with EU law
· negotiates international treaties
· based in Brussels
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European Parliament
- Legislative (lower house) -
European Council
- Sets impetus and direction -
Council of the European Union
- Legislative (upper house) -
European Commission
- Executive -
Court of Justice of the European Union
- Judiciary -
European Court of Auditors
- Financial auditor -
European Central Bank
- Monetary executive (central bank) -
