EP Press conference Energy and climate; stronger together, Brussels - Main contents
Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
date | June 8, 2017 09:30 - 10:04 |
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city | Brussels, Belgium |
location | Paul-Henri Spaak building (PHS) i |
station | EbS |
room | 0A050 |
attending | (Claude) Turmes i, (Michèle) Rivasi i et al. |
organisation | European Parliament (EP) i |
Michèle RIVASI (Greens/EFA, FR), co-rapporteur, and Claude TURMES (Greens/EFA, LU), co-rapporteur
Contents
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