EP press point Brexit agreement, Strasbourg - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	November 15, 2018 12:08 - 12:35
city	Strasbourg, France
location	Protocol area
station	EbS+
attending	M. (Michel) Barnier i, A. (Antonio) Tajani i, G.M.M.L. (Guy) Verhofstadt i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Press point by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and Michel BARNIER, EC Chief Negotiator for Article 50 Negotiations with the UK

with Guy VERHOFSTADT (ALDE,BE), EP Brexit coordinator

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