EP Press point Press briefing by Manfred Weber following EPP Group Constitutive meeting, Brussels - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	June 5, 2019 13:32
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	József Antall building (JAN) i
station	EbS+
attending	(Manfred) Weber i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i

Program:

13:32:38 Participant Manfred WEBER (EPP,DE)

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