In that, the Council represents the interests of the Member States; the European Commission the interests of the European Union; the European Parliament the interests of the European Union citizens in the Member States and the Court of Justice of the European Union the interests of maintaining ‘the rule of law’.Critically assess the accuracy of the above statement.

It may be said that the structure, in the relevant Treaties, of the powers between the institutions of the European Union does not conform to the traditional constitutional model of the separation of powers; that is a legislature enacting law, an executive governing and a judiciary interpreting the law.

One source (Horspool, Humphreys and Wells-Greco (2021, p. 44)) suggests that it is more appropriate to speak of a separation of interests rather than a separation of powers. In that, the Council represents the interests of the Member States; the European Commission the interests of the European Union; the European Parliament the interests of the European Union citizens in the Member States and the Court of Justice of the European Union the interests of maintaining ‘the rule of law’.Critically assess the accuracy of the above statement.