EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
How often is the European Parliament elected?
The European Parliament is the EU's law-making body. It is directly elected by EU voters every 5 years. The last elections were in May 2019. The European elections took place between 23-26 May 2019. What does the Parliament do? Passing EU laws, together with the Council of the EU, based on European Commission proposals
What does the European Parliament do?
The body also serves as a democratic check on other EU institutions. In particular, it must approve and is empowered to remove the president of the European Commission (the EU’s main executive body). The Parliament also has the power to censure the Commission with a two-thirds vote of its members, thereby forcing the Commission to resign.
Where does the European Parliament meet?
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (dominated by members of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party) occupies a significant number of seats as well. The European Parliament meets annually for about 12 one-week plenary sessions in Strasbourg, France. Most other work (e.g., committee meetings) takes place in Brussels.
How does a constituency elect a member of the European Parliament?
Having a district magnitude of one, the constituency de facto elects its Member of the European Parliament via first-past-the-post. ^ The motto "Unity in diversity" could not be better confirmed in the European election law: Buonomo, Giampiero (2003).
Overview
Role: Directly-elected EU body with legislative, supervisory, and budgetary responsibilitiesMembers: 705 MEPs (Members of the European Parliament)President: Roberta MetsolaEstablished in: 1952 as Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, 1962 as European Parliament, first direct elections in 1979 european-union.europa.eu
Elections
The European elections took place between 23-26 May 2019. More about the 2019 European elections results european-union.europa.eu
What Does The Parliament do?
The Parliament has 3 main roles: 1. Passing EU laws, together with the Council of the EU, based on European Commissionproposals 2. Deciding on international agreements 3. Deciding on enlargements 4. Reviewing the Commission's work programmeand asking it to propose legislation 1. Democratic scrutiny of all EU institutions 2. Electing the Commission
Composition
The number of MEPs for each country is roughly proportionate to its population, but this is by degressive proportionality: no country can have fewer than 6 or more than 96 MEPs and the total number cannot exceed 705 (704 plus the President). MEPs are grouped by political affiliation, not by nationality. The President represents Parliamentto other E
How Does The Parliament Work?
Parliament's work comprises two main stages: 1. Committees - to prepare legislation. The Parliament numbers 20 committees and three subcommittees, each handling a particular policy area. The committees examine proposals for legislation, and MEPs and political groups can put forward amendments or propose to reject a bill. These issues are also debat
The Parliament and You
If you want to ask the Parliament to act on a certain issue, you can petitionit (either by post or online). Petitions can cover any subject which comes under the EU's remit. To submit a petition, you must be a citizen of an EU member state or be resident in the EU. Companies or other organisations must be based here. Other ways of getting in touch
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