ALDE Briefing, Strasbourg - Main contents
Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen
date | February 6, 2018 10:50 - 11:10 |
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city | Strasbourg, France |
location | Louise Weiss building (LOW) i |
station | EbS |
room | N-1.2 |
attending | G.M.M.L. (Guy) Verhofstadt i, (Philippe) Lamberts i et al. |
organisation | European Parliament (EP) i |
Program:
Press briefing by Guy VERHOFSTADT (BE), President
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