The EU institutions: an overview. -- Institutional change in the European Union. -- The European council. -- The council of ministers. -- The college of commissioners. -- The European parliament. -- The court of justice of the European Union. -- The commission's services. -- Managing the Euro: the European Central Bank. -- Managing Europeanization: the European agencies. -- Financial control: the court of auditors and OLAF. -- Security interests: police and judicial cooperation. -- Internationl interests: the common foreign and security policy. -- National interests: the committee of permanent representatives. -- Political interests: the European parlliament's party groups. -- Social and regional interests: the economic and social committ and the committee of the regions. -- Conclusion.

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