And it exercises its powers by means of a highly consensual political process, radically dierent from that of national parliaments, where the relationship between government and opposition is essentially conictual.
Cuireann sí na cumhachtaí sin i bhfeidhm trí phróiseas polaitiúil a bhfuil páirt lárnach ag an gcomhthoil ann, próiseas atá fíordhifriúil go deo ó phróiseas na bparlaimintí náisiúnta, áit a mbíonn an rialtas agus an freasúra go bunúsach i gcoimhlint lena chéile.