POL 32700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Antonio Tajani, Donald Tusk, Mario Draghi
10 Jan 2020
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Lecture 14:
1. The Treaty of Lisbon named 7 formal institutions of the European Union. What are they
and what does each institution do? (Use the EU website for the latter
) (Students should
know general information about these institutions, meaning the institution’s primary role
or roles as well as membership and leadership.
a. 1) European Parliament
i. Directly-elected EU body with legislative, supervisory, and budgetary
responsibilities.
ii. 751 members
iii. Antonio Tajani (President)
b. 2) European Council
i. Defines the general directions and actions of the EU
ii. Members - 28 heads
iii. President: Donald Tusk
c. 3) Council of the EU
i. Role: Voice of EU member governments, adopting EU laws, and
coordinating EU policies
ii. Members: Government ministers from each EU country, according to
policy area to be discussed.
iii. Each EU country holds presidency for 6 month rotation
d. 4) European Commission
Document Summary
Lecture 14: the treaty of lisbon named 7 formal institutions of the european union. Directly-elected eu body with legislative, supervisory, and budgetary responsibilities. Antonio tajani (president) ii. iii: 2) european council i. Defines the general directions and actions of the eu: members - 28 heads iii. President: donald tusk: 3) council of the eu i. Role: voice of eu member governments, adopting eu laws, and coordinating eu policies: members: government ministers from each eu country, according to policy area to be discussed. iii. Each eu country holds presidency for 6 month rotation: 4) european commission i. Role: promotes general interest of the eu by proposing and enforcing legislation and implementing policy: members: 1 from each eu country, college" of commissioners (28) iii. President: jean-claude junckner: 5) court of justice of the eu i. Ensuring eu law is interpreted and applied the same way in every eu country. Ensures countries and eu institutions abide by law. ii. iii.
