EP Press conference Brexit Steering Group on the state of play of negotiations with the United Kingdom, Brussels - Main contents

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date	December 8, 2017 15:00 - 15:50
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Press conference room
station	EbS
attending	(Gabriele) Zimmer i, (Elmar) Brok i, G.M.M.L. (Guy) Verhofstadt i, (Roberto) Gualtieri i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Program:

Press conference by Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE, BE,), Elmar BROK (EPP, DE), Gabriele ZIMMER (GUE/NGL, DE) and Roberto GUALTIERI (S&D,IT)

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