EP Press conference Cultural Diplomacy, Strasbourg - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	July 5, 2017 14:39 - 15:00
city	Strasbourg, France
location	Press conference room
station	EbS+
attending	(Elmar) Brok i, (Silvia) Costa i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Press conference by Silvia COSTA (S&D, IT), and Elmar BROK (EPP, DE), rapporteurs

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