Greens/EFA political group press briefing, Strasbourg - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	April 16, 2019 11:31
city	Strasbourg, France
location	Strasbourg, Press conference room - 11.30-12.00
station	EbS
attending	(Philippe) Lamberts i, (Ska) Keller i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Program:

11:31:47 Press conference by Ska KELLER (DE), and Philippe LAMBERTS (BE) , Co-Presidents

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