Each institution has specific regulatory or bureaucratic or design tasks or objectives and each has legislated powers in order to streamline decision-making as completely as possible in a union of 28 member states . Furthermore, the composition of the various legislative bodies ensures that each Member State, regardless of its size, has an equal say in EU issues and proposals. While some states have more power in practice, such as the UK, in theory each member state has equal access and protection within the EU's legislative and decision-making process