The Members of the European Parliament that you have elected are taking key decisions regarding the new European Commission and resume Parliament’s work of adopting legislation and holding the Commission and other EU bodies to account.

The Parliament acts as a co-legislator, sharing with the Council the power to adopt and amend legislative proposals and to decide on the EU budget. It also supervises the work of the Commission and other EU bodies and cooperates with national parliaments of …

The European Parliament (EP) is one of the European Union’s seven institutions. It is the EU’s directly elected legislative assembly. EU countries hold elections every five years to elect Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) that represent hundreds of millions of citizens.

The Fact Sheets are grouped into five chapters: 1) How the European Union works; 2) Economy, science and quality of life; 3) Cohesion, growth and jobs; 4) Citizens: fundamental rights, security and justice and 5) The EU’s external relations.

Dec 20, 2023 · From 6 to 9 June 2024, around 360 million Europeans were called to the polls to elect the 720 members of the European Parliament for its tenth legislative term.

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The briefing has two goals: first, to demystify the European Parliament and demonstrate that, in many respects, it has more in common with the U.S. House of Representatives than one might imagine; and second, to explain, and use examples to illustrate, the Parliament's role in the EU-U.S. relationship.

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Parliament’s participation in the legislative process, its budgetary and control powers, its involvement in treaty revision and its right to intervene before the Court of Justice of the …