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The European Union institutions.

Your task: you have to draw a chart describing the members and functions of the seven main EU institutions.
You can use information from the Wikipedia.

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Copy the chart below and fill it in with the information which your teacher will give you:



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Information to fill in the chart (in alphabetical order):

• 1 to 3 seats for each member state
• a president
• a president
• all the heads of state
• Council of the European Union (the Council)
• Court of Auditors
• Court of Justice of the European Union
• European Central Bank
• European Commission
• European Council
• European Parliament
• It decides EU policy and priorities.
• It decides interest rates.
• It has the executive power.
• It has the judicial power.
• It has the political power.
• It enforces European laws.
• It keeps price stability (it keeps inflation low).
• It proposes legislation.
• It supervises how EU money is spent.
• more than 700 MEPs
• one auditor per member state
• one commissioner per member state
• one judge per member state
• one minister per member state
• the president of the EC
• They have the legislative power.
• They pass new laws.

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