EP Press conference Preventing authoritarian regimes from spying on their own citizens, Strasbourg - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	January 17, 2018 15:01 - 15:29
city	Strasbourg, France
location	Press conference room
station	EbS
attending	(Bernd) Lange i, (Klaus) Buchner i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Press conference by Klaus BUCHNER (Greens/EFA, DE), rapporteur and by Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), INTA Chair

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