Emission trading, Brussels - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	December 3, 2008 14:30
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Paul-Henri Spaak building (PHS) i
room	PHS 0 A50
attending	(Hannes) Swoboda i, (Peter) Liese i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Emission trading - Peter LIESE (EPP-ED, DE), Hannes SWOBODA (PES, AT)

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