In intergovernmental matters, most power is concentrated in the Council of the European Union giving it the characteristics of a normal international organization.
Governments and intergovernmental organizations participate as investors and as purveyors of international trade, economic development, and crisis management.
As an intergovernmental body, it raises the hackles of the often strongly libertarian tech industry, which worries about top-down regulation by politicians.
The simultaneous appearance of these magazines was the result of an intergovernmental agreement, one among several cross-cultural agreements designed to sow trust amidst the rancor of international politics.