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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (1962)

-At first it was called “Assembly”.

-Role: power to legislate

-Directly-elected by EU citizens To represent their interests (every 5 years)

-Elects its own President for a 2 and a half year term

-Its Presidents with the President Of the Council signs all legislative acts once they are adopted.

-Responsibilities: legislative, Supervisory and budgetary

-Members: by deputies of each Political group (751 total)

-Location: Brussels, Strasbourg (official site) and Luxembourg

THE COURT OF JUSTICE of the EU (1952)

-Role: - ensure EU law is Interpreted and applied the same in every EU country

-    give legal judgments On cases brought before it

-Location: Luxembourg

-Composition: one judge from Each EU country; nine Advocates General

-Has the power to settle legal Disputes between Member States and EU institutions

-It consists on 3 courts:

-The Court of Justice is Composed of 28 judges, one from each Member State , so that all the EU national Legal systems are represented

-The General Court is also Composed of 28 judges, appointed by the Member states for 6-year terms