Instruction
The European Union Government
The outfit has several organs that determine the decisions that govern all the participating nations. Among the organs, include the Parliament, the Council, and the Commission. On the other hand, the body is constituted of members that arbitrate and make judgment for lawbreakers. The bench is chosen after a meeting is convened between the members of council and the participating nations. The organs mentioned above work together to form the complete union.
The Parliament
The Parliament of EU represents the nations that form the union and the citizens from the respective countries. An election for members is done after every five years using political allegiance as the basis. Due to the extent of democracy exercised by the legislature, it may be growing to be the strongest world authorities. An EP form one of the two chambers of the legislature in the union, but it has no power to government initiatives.
The EU Council and the Council
The Council constitutes the sitting presidents of the member states. The meet after every three months to discuss issues relating to the union’s policy and push for integration. The council, on the other hand, is a legislative and partial executive body of the union hence mainly makes the decisions of the union. The board consists of twenty-eight members who are primarily national ministers elected by a majority or unanimous votes and meet depending on the topic of discussion.
The commission
The European Commission, which is the principal executive of the union, has the responsibility of running the day-to-day activities of the Union. On the other hand, it proposes all laws, has a member from each member states, and at the same time is independent of national interests.
Court of Justice and auditors
The court of justice as the name implies to have the judicial responsibility of handling EU’s laws and treaties and interpret them. It consists of civil service tribunal, general court and the tribunal of main Justice Chambers. As for the court of auditors, their primary responsibility is to ensure correct budget and taxpayer funds expenditure. They do not have any judicial powers.
How the European Union works with other countries governments
The European Union now has twenty-eight member states. Laws and treaties of the European Union, which means that for some, their sovereignty is shared between the states and the Union, govern member states. The European Union works together with national governments in various areas to ensure that a sustainable market and development environment is achieved and maintained. It is done by giving either exclusive or partial jurisdiction of states to the Union. For countries that are not members of the European Union, there are trade and cooperation agreements signed between the countries and the Union to facilitate international trade as well as an exchange of services a good example being that of higher education.
For the members of the union whose jurisdiction lies in the union fully, have given the union the power to act and react to situations in the state that may be of significance in the European Union. In such cases, the association will act on behalf of the state. For countries that have given partial jurisdiction to the European Union, a case a compromising situation arises, the European Union will intervene only if their contribution to the matter will be of greater value or better results compared to what the member state have put in place.
Work cited
February (2010). European commission. The European economic area. Europe web portal. http://europa.eu/
Barnard, Catherine (august 2007). The substantive law of the EU: the four freedoms (2 Ed.). Oxford university press. ISBN 978-0-19-929035-2.
