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The key argument of this paper is that the EU’s political system comes surprisingly close to one particular type of regime. It is a question of a semi-presidential system which represents a combination of presidential power and parliamentary accountability. The Union’s dual executive is formed by a parliamentary cabinet, the Commission, on the one hand and a presidential body, the European Council, on the other. How is the division of labor usually arranged between the two parts of such a dual executive and what kinds of factors might shake their co-existence?