EP Press point, Strasbourg - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	January 18, 2017 08:40 - 09:00
city	Strasbourg, France
location	in front of
station	EbS
attending	A. (Antonio) Tajani i, M. (Martin) Schulz i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Press point by Martin SCHULZ, former President of the EP and Antonio TAJANI, newly elected President of the EP

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