EP Press conference Award of the Sakharov Prize 2016, Strasbourg - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	December 13, 2016 12:44 - 13:30
city	Strasbourg, France
location	Louise Weiss building (LOW) i
station	EbS+
attending	M. (Martin) Schulz i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Press conference by Martin SCHULZ, EP President and Nadia MURAD and Lamya HAJI BASHAR, 2016 Sakharov Prize laureates

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