EP Press conference The Future of Europe, Strasbourg - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	April 17, 2019 12:50
city	Strasbourg, France
location	Strasbourg, Pres conference room - 12.30-13.00
station	EbS+
attending	A. (Antonio) Tajani i, A.K. (Krišjānis) Kariņš i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Program:

12:50:40 Press conference by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and Krišjānis KARIŅŠ, Latvian Prime Minister

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