EP / NATO Press point, Brussels - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	February 23, 2016 17:54 - 18:05
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	József Antall building (JAN) i
station	EbS+
attending	(Elmar) Brok i, J. (Jens) Stoltenberg i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Program:

Joint Press point by Elmar BROK (EPP,DE) , Chair of the AFET Committee and by Jens STOLTENBERG, NATO Secretary General

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