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Institutions of the European Union[1]
File:Council of the EU and European Council.svg File:Council of the EU and European Council.svg File:European Parliament logo.svg
European Council Council of the European Union European Parliament
Provides impetus and direction Legislative Legislative
Based in Brussels, 23x15px Belgium Based in Brussels, 23x15px Belgium Based in Strasbourg, 23x15px France
  • composed of twenty-seven national ministers (one per state)
  • informally known as the "Council of Ministers" or just "the Council"
  • acts together with the Parliament as a legislature
  • shares 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)
  • concludes international agreements
  • acts together with the Council (of the European Union) as a legislature
  • shares with the Council (of the European Union) the budgetary power
  • exerts the democratic control over the institutions including the European Commission and approves the Commission members
File:European Commission.svg File:Emblem of the Court of Justice of the European Union.svg File:Logo European Central Bank.svg
European Commission Court of Justice of the European Union European Central Bank
Executive Judicial Central bank
Based in Brussels, 23x15px Belgium Based in Luxembourg, 23x15px Luxembourg Based in Frankfurt, 23x15px Germany
  • ensures the uniform application and interpretation of European law
  • has the power to decide legal disputes between member states, the institutions, businesses and individuals
File:CURIA RATIONUM logo.svg File:Flag of Europe.svg
European Court of Auditors European Public Prosecutor
Auditory Prosecutory
Based in Luxembourg, 23x15px Luxembourg Based in Luxembourg, 23x15px Luxembourg
  • checks the proper implementation of the budget
  • supervision of proper use of European funds
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