In this way, the Union's government model is a hybrid model: on the one hand there is the Council of the European Union, which is the representative of the States, and in which decisions do not require unanimity, and where the votes of each state are weighted by their demographic weight; and on the other hand there is the European Parliament, which is the only European institution elected by universal and direct suffrage, that is, it is the only one that represents the citizens of the Union.[7]​ Thus, the EU is a political community of law that is governed in a regime of representative democracy[8]​ and is legally constituted as an international/supranational organization subject to law and with its own legal personality distinct from that of the States that compose it. Its powers and competencies are delimited in the Treaties that provide legal assistance and that make up its material constitution,[9]​ and are exercised through the community management method.[10]​.

Since its origins, the Union has been developing a political and legal system, the European Community, which is unique in the world.[2] This system is driven by mechanisms and internal operating procedures that have been the subject of historical evolution, currently forming an unprecedented system of transnational government. Coexisting and integrating supranational tensions and elements with others closer to the classic intergovernmental method of international relations, the Union has been incorporating them into a strongly institutional and structured legal-political framework at the service of a dynamic of accentuated regional integration. The dynamic towards multinational federalism is pronounced in the European Union, but highly discussed and equally contrasted in practice by the dominant intergovernmentalism in certain areas of its policy.[11]​.

In accordance with the statement of article 3.1 of the Treaty of the Union, the institutional framework *"aims to promote its values, pursue its objectives, defend its interests, those of its citizens and those of the member states, as well as guarantee the coherence, effectiveness and continuity of its policies and actions." of defense or direct taxes. These and other important areas are still largely under the control of their Member States, despite the increasing degree of institutionalized coordination taking place in more and more areas and the expansion of their policies. Community legislation enjoys primacy over national laws and applies directly to the States and to the citizens and individuals of Europe.[13] The effective political domain and powers attributed to the Union by the States are more important than in many of the historical confederations (such as a single monetary policy, an internal market without borders, a shared judicial and security space, etc.); However, these powers are exercised by the Union thanks to the attribution or irrevocable transfer that the States have given it for that purpose through the constitutive Treaties, and not on the basis of its own sovereignty.[14]​.

In this way, the Union's government model is a hybrid model: on the one hand there is the Council of the European Union, which is the representative of the States, and in which decisions do not require unanimity, and where the votes of each state are weighted by their demographic weight; and on the other hand there is the European Parliament, which is the only European institution elected by universal and direct suffrage, that is, it is the only one that represents the citizens of the Union.[7]​ Thus, the EU is a political community of law that is governed in a regime of representative democracy[8]​ and is legally constituted as an international/supranational organization subject to law and with its own legal personality distinct from that of the States that compose it. Its powers and competencies are delimited in the Treaties that provide legal assistance and that make up its material constitution,[9]​ and are exercised through the community management method.[10]​.

Since its origins, the Union has been developing a political and legal system, the European Community, which is unique in the world.[2] This system is driven by mechanisms and internal operating procedures that have been the subject of historical evolution, currently forming an unprecedented system of transnational government. Coexisting and integrating supranational tensions and elements with others closer to the classic intergovernmental method of international relations, the Union has been incorporating them into a strongly institutional and structured legal-political framework at the service of a dynamic of accentuated regional integration. The dynamic towards multinational federalism is pronounced in the European Union, but highly discussed and equally contrasted in practice by the dominant intergovernmentalism in certain areas of its policy.[11]​.

In accordance with the statement of article 3.1 of the Treaty of the Union, the institutional framework *"aims to promote its values, pursue its objectives, defend its interests, those of its citizens and those of the member states, as well as guarantee the coherence, effectiveness and continuity of its policies and actions." of defense or direct taxes. These and other important areas are still largely under the control of their Member States, despite the increasing degree of institutionalized coordination taking place in more and more areas and the expansion of their policies. Community legislation enjoys primacy over national laws and applies directly to the States and to the citizens and individuals of Europe.[13] The effective political domain and powers attributed to the Union by the States are more important than in many of the historical confederations (such as a single monetary policy, an internal market without borders, a shared judicial and security space, etc.); However, these powers are exercised by the Union thanks to the attribution or irrevocable transfer that the States have given it for that purpose through the constitutive Treaties, and not on the basis of its own sovereignty.[14]​.