The institutions of the European Union are the seven principal decision-making bodies of the European Union and Euratom governed under the Treaties of the European Union and European Union law. They are, as listed in Article 13 of the Treaty on the European Union: the European Parliament,the European Council (of heads of state or government),the Council of the European Union (of memb. HistoryMost EU institutions were created with the establishment of the in 1958. Much change since then has been in the context of shifting the balance of power away from the council and towards the Parliam. There are three political institutions which hold the executive and legislative power of the union. The Council of the European Union represents governments, the parliament represents citizens and the commissio. There are a number of types of legislation which can be passed. The strongest is a, an or which is directly applicable in its entirety. Then there are which bind members to certain goals whic.
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