EU System

councillors

28 heads of state in council at any given meeting depending on the topic of discussion (e.g. agriculture)
meet 4 times a year
can cancel a plan if half vote against
can impose fines on multinational companies

28 commissioners from each country meet at any one time in 10 different configurations
each commissioner is a respective commissioner of their state (e.g. a uk finance minister is automatically an eu finance minister for their state)
Councillors set political direction of commision responsible for drafting all laws of eu
each commisioner is in charge of one aspect of eu law (e.g. commisioner of transport, research/science)
has a president which is nominated by the council and approved by the eu parliament
apart from the president all commisioners are voted in by each of their countries

28 from each country
for matters concerning foreign affairs or cooperation between the countries
change depending on the type of law being discussed each minister has their countries best interests in mind

trade unions & civil representatives for monthly meetings to advise the council of ministers

all member states must adopt laws passed in the eu parliament
If one third of national parliaments oppose a draft law, the commission must review it, a procedure known as the yellow card. If more than half of national parliaments oppose a law, this could force a vote in the European parliament or council, (the orange card). A red card means the commission would is forced to adapt or drop the law if more than half of national parliaments objected.

EU membership costs $13 billion (1/8th of uk defense budget)
EU spending on the UK is 4-5 billion
EU spends about 2 billion on private sector (grants, etc)
EU membership means no tarrifs on trade deals, access to single market that would cost considerably more if not an EU member
uk exports to EU 300 billion (45% of all exports)

eu parliament moves from brussels to strasbourg every year costing 114 euros every year
economic & social committee & committee of regions costs * * over 200 million euro each year and some claim they are not required

all eu institutions are spread accross different countries to ensure one eu country cannot take control of the eu
some countries are not part of the eu but are part of the eu economic area. They can trade freely with eu countries and people can move freely between them but they don't have any say in eu law

The impact of no deal for the UK would extend beyond its trade with the EU. At the moment Britain trades with the rest of the world as an EU member. Under “no deal”, some 40 existing trade agreements fully or partly in place between the EU and dozens of countries would no longer apply to the UK.Although some Brexit supporters claim many of these can be “rolled over”, by autumn 2019 the British government had secured only around 15 such deals. These include agreements with Switzerland, Israel, several African and South American nations – but not those with big trading partners such as Japan, Canada and Turkey.
the uk must pay the eu around 32 billion