executive decision

On many sensitive topics—such as taxation and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)—the Council remains the primary legislator and the directly elected Parliament is often only consulted. In the case of enlargement (an executive decision rather than a matter of 'legislation') the EP is called upon only to assent or dissent.

Near the end of the game, he made an executive decision to start warming up, and it looked as if he were going to pitch in the game.