EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

I. THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

VOCABULARY
1. European

- VOCABULAR
- European

2. Institutions

- Institutii

3. Union

- Uniune

4. Parliament

- Parlament

5. Treaty

- Tratat

6. Elections

- Alegeri

7. Mandate

- Mandat

8. Members

- Membrii

9. Legislation

- Legislatie

10.Budget

- Buget

11. Democratic

- Democratic

The European Parliament represents, according to the Rome

Treaty, from 1957 the peoples of the countries reunited in the
European Union .
The first elections for the European Parliament took place in
June 1979. the number of the mandates is distributed for each
country, considering its size.
Starting with 2007, there are 785 members of the Parliament.

The European Parliament in the only european institution which

has public meetings and conferences.
The President represents the Parliament at the official events
and in international relations.
Hans-Gert-Poettering is now the President of the European
Parliament.
The Parliament has three essential functions:
1.

it has legislative duties, which means that it adopts the

legislation of the Union;

2.

together withn the European Council, it adopts the

budget of the Union;

3.

it realizes a democratic control on the Commision and it

approves the nomination of the Commision members, it
also has the right to censor the Commision.

The center of the European Parliament is in Strasbourg, where

montly meetings are kept.
The adress is:
Allee du Printemps
B.P. 1024/F
F- 67070 Strasbourg Cedex
Telefon ( 32-2 ) 2842111
Fax ( 32-2 ) 2846974
Email: civis @ europarl. eu. int.

II.a) THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL

VOCABULARY

- VOCABULAR

Council

- Consiliu

Responsabilities

- Responsabilitati, Atributii

Economic policy

- Politica economica

General Secretary

- Secretar general

The Council has the following responsabilities:

1.

it is the legislative institution together with the

European Parliament;

2.

it coordinates the general economic policy of the

member states;

3.

it adopts the budget of the Union together with the

European Parliament.

Mr. Javier Solana is at the present the General Secretary of the

European Council.
The adress of the institution is:
Rue de la Loi, 175 B- 1048 Bruxelles
Telefon ( 32-2 ) 2816111
Fax ( 32-2 ) 2816999
Email: press office @ consilium. europa. eu.
b) THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
VOCABULARY

- VOCABULAR

Minister

- Ministru

General coordination

- Coordonarea generala

Regulations and laws

- regulamente si legi

Trying to syntetize the duties of the Council, we can mention

the following:
1.

it manages the general coordination of the Unions

actions with the action of the member states;

2.

the Council is the true supreme legislative institution,

elaborating regulations and laws.

III. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION

VOCABULARY

- VOCABULAR

Main functions

- Functii principale

Executive institution

- Institutie executiva

Concluded treaties

- Tratatele incheiate

To defend the interests

- A apara interesele

To wach over

- A veghea la

To administrate

- A administra

Annual budget

- Bugetul anual

Economical differences - Diferente economice

The Commission has three main functions:

1.

it is the executive institution of the European Union,

watching over the fulfilment of the concluded treaties.
Ita main concern is to defend the interests of the
Unions citizens;

2.

another function of the Commission is that of watching

over the fulfilment of the treaties, so that the legislation
of the European Union to be applied corectly by the
member states;

3.

the third function of the Commission is that of executive

institution of the Union, administrating the annual
budget of the European Union; its main purpose is to
eliminate the economic differences between the richer
and the poorer areas of the Union.

The adress of the institution is:

European Commission
200 rue de la Loi
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium
Email: sg-info @ cec. eu. int.

IV. THE COURT OF JUSTICE

VOCABULARY

VOCABULAR

Court

- Curte

Justice

- Justitie

Judges

- Judecatori

General lawers

- Avocati generali

Mandate

- Mandat

Reviewers

- Referenti
- Raportori
- Grefieri

The need to found such an institution was felt since the

beginning of the Union.
The Court was conceived in order to facilitate the unity of
application and interpretation of the treaties, and also in order to
solve the possible conflicts between member states.
The Court is formed of 16 judges and 9 general lawers. Both
are appointed by the governments of the member countries.
Judges are appointed for a six years period. There in no age
limit for judges.
The judges nominate, through secret vote, the President of the
Court of Justice, for a three years mandate.
The general lawers are appointed for a six years period.
The structure of the Court of Justice, except judges and lawers,
also contains , , and reviewers.

V.

THE COURT OF COUNTS

VOCABULARY

- VOCABULAR

Incomes

- Venituri

Outcomes

- Cheltuieli

European funds

- Fonduri europene (structurale)

Annual report

- Raport annual

The Court was included between the european institutions

through the Maastricht Treaty, in 1992.
The Court is formed from 15 members, appointed for a six
years period, by the Council of Ministers after consulting the
Parliament.
The competences of this institution are very large. First of all it
verifies the incomes and the outcomes of the European Union. The
Court has also the control over the other members of the Union when
they benefit and use european funds.
The mentioned atributions are materialized in an annual report.

VI.

THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK

VOCABULARY

- VOCABULAR

Loaning institution

- Institutie de imprumut

To finance

- A finanta

Market

- Piata

It is the main loaning institution; it finances the certain and

balanced development of the internal market by offering loans for all
economic areas meant to assure the modernization and the
development in all important domains, creating new jobs and
encouraging projects of common interest for all the countries of the
European Union.