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PAULA MORCILLO MTZ. DE ALEGRIA AND MAIDER ISASMENDI ECHEVARRIA

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. GROUP 2. PAULA MORCILLO MTZ. DE ALEGRIA AND MAIDER ISASMENDI ECHEVARRIA. What does the Council do?. It adopts laws (Regulations, Directives, etc.), most of the time together with the European Parliament.

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PAULA MORCILLO MTZ. DE ALEGRIA AND MAIDER ISASMENDI ECHEVARRIA

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  1. COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION GROUP2 • PAULA MORCILLO MTZ. DE ALEGRIA AND • MAIDER ISASMENDI ECHEVARRIA

  2. What does the Council do? • It adopts laws (Regulations, Directives, etc.), most of the time together with the European Parliament. • It helps coordinate Member States' policies, for example, in the economic field. • It develops the common foreign and security policy, on the basis of strategic guidelines set by the European Council. • The Council shares the decisions made by the Union about international issues. • It adopts the Union's budget, together with the European Parliament.

  3. Thecitizens’ right of initiative •  In most cases, the Council can only legislate the proposals suggested by the European Commission, but the Council can also ask the Commission to submit proposals. Since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, a million citizens may also sign a petition inviting the Commission to submit a proposal. This is the citizens' right of initiative.

  4. Which are the ten Council configurations? • -General Affairs -Foreign Affairs -Economic and Financial Affairs -Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) -Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumerm Affairs -Competitiveness (internal market, industry, research and space) -Transport, Telecommunications and Energy -Agriculture and Fisheries -Environment -Education, youth, culture and sport

  5. HowistheCouncil’sworkorganized? • The EU’s 27 Member States take it in turn to be the president of the Council for a period of six months each. The six-monthly presidencies work together closely in groups of three. This three-Presidency teams draw up a joint programme of Council work over an 18-month period.

  6. SOURCE ue.eu.int

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