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date	May 15, 2019 19:31
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Paul-Henri Spaak building (PHS) i
station	EbS+
attending	F.C.G.M. (Frans) Timmermans i, (Jan) Zahradil i, (Ska) Keller i, (Manfred) Weber i, M. (Margrethe) Vestager i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Program:

20:45:10 Ambiance shots prior to the debate

21:00:00 - Introduction of the debate by Emilie Tran Nguyen, France Televisions, and Markus Preiss, ARD Germany, moderators Opening statements by the candidates - Nico CUE for the Party of the European Left - Ska KELLER for the Green Party - Jan ZAHRADIL, for the the Reformists Alliance of Europe - Margrethe VESTAGER, for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe - Manfred WEBER for the European People's Party - Frans TIMMERMANS for the Party of European Socialists Social Media Hub Launch by Annastiina Heikkila (YLE)

21:12:51 Migration: - topic 1 debate

21:20:37 Youth Unemployment: - topic 2 debate Social Media Hub Insert 1

21:33:38 Climate change / environment: - topic 3 debate

21:47:48 Taxation / competition : - topic 4 debate Social Media Hub Insert 2

21:58:06 International trade / role of the EU in a changing world: - topic 5 debate

22:13:37 Populism / democratic gap / relevance of institutions: - topic 6 debate Social Media Hub Insert 3

22:23:46 Closing statements

22:29:22 Outro - Social media hub by Annastiina Heikkila (YLE) - Goodbye by hosts - Shaking hands

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