The Council of Ministers
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The Council of Ministers One of the hardest areas to understand of the European Union is the 'Council of Ministers'. There is much confusion over the European Council, The Council of Ministers and the European council. The Council of Ministers is the major decision making body in the E.U., both for policies and for legislation. The Council of Ministers codecides many decisions with the European Parliament, others, it can make on it's own. This is all explained on the section on the European Parliament. The Council of Ministers is made up of ministerial representatives of each of the 15 countries within the E.U. The actual composition of the Council of Ministers varies, depending on the nature of the matter to be considered. When considering economic matters, the individual states will each be represented by their finance minister. If the matter being discussed were to be related to agriculture, however, the council will be...

