EP Press point, Brussels - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	May 24, 2016 13:33 - 13:48
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Altiero Spinelli building (ASP) i
station	EbS
attending	(Elmar) Brok i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Program:

Joint press point by Elmar BROK (EPP,DE), Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee and by Anas AL-ABDAH, President of the Syrian National Coalition

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