- Legislative (lower house) -

- Sets impetus and direction -

- Legislative (upper house) -

- Executive -

• acts together with the Council as a legislator
• shares with the Council the budgetary power and decides in the last instance on the general budget of the EU
• exerts the democratic control over EU institutions including the European Commission and appoints the Commission members
• based and plenary sessions in Strasbourg, General Secretariat in Luxembourg, primarily meets in Brussels

• summit of the Heads of Government, chaired by the President of the European Council)
• gives the necessary impetus for the development and sets out general objectives and priorities
• will not legislate
• based in Brussels

• acts together with the Parliament as a legislator
• exerts together with the Parliament the budgetary power
• ensures coordination of the broad economic and social policy and sets out guidelines for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
• conclude international agreements
• based in Brussels

• is the "government"
• submits proposals for new legislation to the Parliament and to the Council
• implements EU policy and administers the European Union budget|budget
• ensures compliance with EU law
• negotiates international treaties
• based in Brussels

- Judiciary -

- Financial auditor -

- Monetary executive (central bank) -

• ensure uniformity of interpretation of European law
• has the power to decide legal disputes between EU member states, EU institutions, businesses and individuals
• based in Luxembourg

• shall examine the proper use of revenue and expenditure of the EU institutions
• based in Luxembourg

• forms together with the national central banks the European System of Central Banks and thereby determining the monetary policy of the EU
• ensures price stability in the eurozone by controlling the money supply
• based in Frankfurt am Main