EP Press point, Brussels - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	January 31, 2019 12:33 - 12:45
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Paul-Henri Spaak building (PHS) i
station	EbS+
attending	A. (Antonio) Tajani i, J.P. (Juha) Sipilä i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Joint press point by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and by Juha SIPILÄ, Prime Minister of Finland following the debate on the Future of Europe

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