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Council of the European Union

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Main decision-making and legislative body of the European Union (EU). Member states are represented at council meetings by the ministers appropriate to the subject under discussion (for example, ministers of agriculture, environment, education, and so on). The presidency of the Council changes every six months and rotates in turn among the 25 EU member countries. The Council sets the EU's objectives, coordinates the national policies of the member states, resolves differences with the European Commission and the European Parliament , and concludes international agreements on behalf of the EU. European Community law is adopted by the Council, or by the Council and the European Parliament through the co-decision procedure, and may take the form of binding ‘regulations’, ‘directives’, and ‘decisions’. In Council meetings each member state can vote on legislation proposed by the European Commission. In some cases Council decisions must be made unanimously – for example, on sensitive issues…
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institution of the European Union (EU) that has the final vote on legislation proposed by the European Commission and approved by the European Parliament ; in some cases the council, unlike the parliament, may initiate new laws. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, the Council was established as the…
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the body that represents the interests of member states in the EUROPEAN UNION ( EU ). While instructed by and representing the home states, the members of Council act as a Community institution and not as delegates to intergovernmental conferences, although this theoretical position is not always…
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Full text Article Council of the European Union

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Main decision-making and legislative body of the European Union (EU). Member states are represented at council meetings by the ministers appropriate to the subject under discussion (for example, ministers of agriculture, environment, education, and so on). The presidency of the Council changes every…
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Full text Article Council of the European Union

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Full text Article European Commission

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(EC), institution of the European Union (EU) invested with executive powers; it also is the main EU institution that initiates legislation. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community were officially merged; …
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Full text Article European Council

From Collins Dictionary of Law
a body both within and outside the EUROPEAN UNION . The European Council brings together the heads of state or of government of the Member States and the President of the Commission of the European Union. They are assisted by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and by a member of the Commission. It…
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Full text Article European Parliament

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Parliament of the European Union (EU), which meets in Strasbourg, France, and Brussels, Belgium. Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council) and the European Commission , it exercises the legislative function of the EU. The Parliament's members are directly elected for a five-year…
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Full text Article Nice, Treaty of

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Treaty on changes to the institutional machinery of the European Union (EU) to pave the way for enlargement. It was agreed at the European Council meeting in Nice, France, in December 2000 and signed on 26 February 2001, and was ratified by all EU member states. As a result ten new member states…
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The European Union (EU), founded with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, represents a major project of economic and political integration between an ever-growing group of European countries. The EU quickly became the world's major trading power and enjoyed fast economic growth. Free…
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Full text Article European Parliament

From Collins Dictionary of Law
the democratic assembly of the EUROPEAN UNION . Members are directly elected and are known as Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). They are elected by proportional representation, and the term is for five years. The Parliament exercises an advisory and supervisory role. It has some influence…
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