The EU institutions
The European Commission is the EU's politically independent executive arm. It is responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation. Political leadership is provided by a team of Commissioners (one from each EU member state) - sometimes referred to as the College – led by the Commission President, who decides who is responsible for which policy area.
EU law-making decisions are made by the European Parliament (MEPs) and the Council of the EU (EU government ministers).  The European Parliament also has budgetary and supervisory responsibilities. The Council of Ministers is the voice of EU governments and they have the authority to commit their respective governments to act on agreements reached at their meetings.
EU voters elect MEPs every five years. The last elections were held in May 2019.  There are currently 751 MEPs elected from 28 member states.  This week UK MEPs met for their last plenary session in Strasbourg where MEPs expressed concerns over EU citizens rights post Brexit.  UK MEPs will attend one further plenary meeting in Brussels on 29 January.  After Brexit, 73 seats will become vacant.   Twenty-seven of these seats will be re-distributed among 14 member states, with the remaining 46 seats available for potential EU enlargements and/or for the possible future creation of a transnational constituency.
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