The European Union- explained

European Union

European Parliament

European Commission

Court of Justice

Court of Auditors

European Council

Council of the European

Union

Ireland holds the Presidency

in 2013

European Union

European Parliament

European Commission

European Council

Council of the European

Union

European ParliamentThe Parliament has three

buildings:• One in Brussels, Belgium• Another in Strausbourg,

France• And Luxembourg, the

home of the 'General Secretariat'.

European ParliamentThere are 754 MEPs –

elected by people all around the EU

• Parliament is the “first Institution” of the EU.

• The Commission is a smaller group that proposes ideas to the large Parliament group for them to discuss and vote on ideas

President of the European Parliament

• The current president of the European Parliament is Martin Schulz.

(German)

His term will last for two and a half years.

European Commission

• Proposes Legislation• 27 Members – elected from

the Parliament• If the Parliament and council

pass a new piece of legislation, it is up to the Commission to enforce it – Court of Justice

• It also spends the EU budget – Court of Auditors.

European Commission

• The President is elected by the Parliament –

José Manuel Barroso(Portugal)

European Council

This is a group of all the heads of state.

European Council

The current president of the European Council is Herman Van Rompuy

(Belgium)

Council of the European Union

• The presidency is held by a country not a person.

• The presidency rotates every 6 months.• The meetings include ministers from member

states , for example a meeting about agriculture would include all the ministers of agriculture from the states – 27 representatives

Decision Making

Irish Presidency of Council of the European Union

From January 2013 to June 2013. On Wednesday, 24th April we watched a live

stream of an informal meeting of Energy Ministers in Dublin. Pat Rabbitte and

Günther Oettinger spoke about the plan for sustaining energy until 2020 and beyond.