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Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	September 26, 2007 11:30
city	Strasbourg, France
location	Louise Weiss building (LOW) i
room	LOW N-1/201
attending	M.S. (Meglena) Kuneva i, E. (Emma) Bonino i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Joseph DAUL (EPP-ED, FR), Graham WATSON (ALDE, UK), Emma BONINO and Meglena KUNEVA, Consumer Commissioner

The European Parliament is the EU's law-making body. It is directly elected by EU voters every 5 years.

What does the Parliament do?

The Parliament has 3 main roles:

Legislative

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  Passing EU laws, together with the Council of the EU, based on European Commission proposals