The European Council and the Council of the European Union

« The European Council and the Council of the European Union are the two institutions representing the Member States in the European Union. They bring EU countries’ leaders and ministers together to shape the European Union’s future. They both play an essential role in EU decision-making. This publication explains their respective powers, functioning and composition, who presides in the two institutions and how decisions are made. (…) »

source > op.europa.eu, Council of the European Union, General Secretariat of the Council, The European Council and the Council of the European Union – The house of the Member States, Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2860/44554

• Mots-clés : 
• Conseil de l'Union européenne,
• Conseil européen,
• Council of the European Union,
• European Council