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Describe and outline the functions of the Council of Ministers, European Commission and European Parliament as law making bodies.
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Describe and outline the functions of the Council of Ministers, European Commission and European Parliament as law making bodies. The Council of Ministers consists of ministers from each member state, usually the minister responsible for the topic under consideration will attend the meetings of the Council, such as the minister of transport. The Council is the principal decision making body of the union, it is the overall law-making body, therefor it is the most powerful of the institutions. The Council tries to make policy by a unanimous agreement, however if this is not possible decision can be made by majority or a qualified majority. The qualified majority system gives larger states more votes than smaller states; the treaty of Amsterdam increased the use of this kind of voting. The treaties govern weather a particular decision needs to be unanimous or a majority. In certain circumstances a member state has...
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