Joint Press point by EP President Antonio TAJANI and Slovak Prime Minister, Peter PELLEGRINI, Strasbourg - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	March 12, 2019 12:23 - 12:45
city	Strasbourg, France
location	backdrop outside protocol room
station	EbS+
attending	A. (Antonio) Tajani i, P. (Peter) Pellegrini i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Joint Press point by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and by Peter PELLEGRINI, Slovak Prime Minister, 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