Member States are represented in the European Council by their Heads of State or Government and in the Council by their governments, themselves democratically accountable either to their national Parliaments, or to their citizens.
Tá na Ballstáit ionadaithe sa Chomhairle Eorpach ag a gCeannairí Stáit nó Rialtais agus sa Chomhairle ag a rialtais, atá freagrach iad féin go daonlathach, sin os comhair na bParlaimintí náisiúnta nó os comhair ag cuid saoránach.