Europe is trying to advance it’s old Trading block called the European Economic Community to become the European Union. … Government Structure The European Unions main institutions are the European Parliament, the European Commission, the European Court of Justice, the Council of Ministers and the Court of Auditors. … The president and the other 19Members of the European Commission, which has the sole right to initiate draft legislation, are nominated their individual governments.History, How and Why The creation of the European Union began after World War II.