EU the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers from the 15 member states both have overtly democratic mandates.
In Europe a new directive has go through the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers.
To enter into force, the text must be formally approved by the European Parliament and by the Council, which is due to take its decision after the parliamentary vote.
Then the European Parliament and the European Council will decide whether to put any proposed amendments into law.
Baroness Ashton said it was not for her to recommend recognition, but that it was an issue for the president of the European Parliament and for the European Council, a stance that was criticised by MEPs - including vice president Giovanni Pittella.
ERC's legal form, on a date yet unspecified, rests with the European Parliament and member states in the European Council.
And let the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament set minimum judicial standards.
The so-called Pharmacovigilance directive has already been agreed by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament's Public Health Committee.
During a debate on 11 March 2010, members of the European Parliament's Industry and Energy Committee questioned the Commission and Council of Ministers on future funding plans.
Under EU law, the annual budget - drafted by the European Commission - must be agreed to both by the Parliament and the Council of Ministers, which represents national governments.
The proposal for a citizens' initiative was contained in the Lisbon Treaty and has been the subject of negotiations in recent weeks between the Commission, Council and European Parliament.
EU's institutions consistently shows that the Council of Ministers is less trusted than the European Parliament and the European Commission.
But even if the directive is agreed to by the Council of Ministers and travels unscathed through the European Parliament, it does not go nearly far enough.
The Council and European Parliament have reached an agreement on single European railway area directive.
She said the European Parliament should go ahead and pass legislation on TACs as a way of forcing negotiations with the Council.
Thus, Blair will propose this week in Warsaw that the European Council reassert itself as the governing institution in Europe and that the European Parliament should have an upper house peopled entirely by elected MPs deputed from national parliaments.
The Commission will present its paper on cybercrime to the Council of Ministers of the European Union (EU) and to the European Parliament.
Rather than endorse one vision or another, the two leaders compromised by plumping for both: a head of the European Council elected by heads of government and a commission president elected by the European Parliament.
Under the co-decision procedure, introduced in 1993, some European legislation has to be agreed jointly by the Parliament and by the Council of Ministers, which represents the member states.
On 26 October 2011 the European Parliament held its final debate on the draft budget for 2012, before final negotiations begin with the Commission and the Council of Ministers.
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