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    The European Parliament is directly elected and one of the largest democratic assemblies in the world. It has 705 members from 27 EU countries. The Parliament has legislative, budgetary, and supervisory powers and works across three locations - Strasbourg, Brussels, and Luxembourg. Members are organized into political groups. The Lisbon Treaty strengthened the Parliament's political power and increased citizens' influence.

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    The European Parliament is directly elected and one of the largest democratic assemblies in the world. It has 705 members from 27 EU countries. The Parliament has legislative, budgetary, and supervisory powers and works across three locations - Strasbourg, Brussels, and Luxembourg. Members are organized into political groups. The Lisbon Treaty strengthened the Parliament's political power and increased citizens' influence.

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    The European Parliament is directly elected and one of the largest democratic assemblies in the world. It has 705 members from 27 EU countries. The Parliament has legislative, budgetary, and supervisory powers and works across three locations - Strasbourg, Brussels, and Luxembourg. Members are organized into political groups. The Lisbon Treaty strengthened the Parliament's political power and increased citizens' influence.

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    European

    Parliament
    Beatriz Rocha
    What is the European
    Parliament?

     "The European Parliament (EP) is the only directly


    elected body in the EU (European Union) and one of the
    largest democratic assemblies in the world".
     There are 705 deputy members

     Parliament's three workplaces:


     Strasbourg, France (headquarters)
     Brussels Belgium
     Luxembourg, Luxembourg

     Main functions:
     Legislative power
     Budgetary power
     Supervisory power
    The history of the European Parliament

     In 1951, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands


    and Luxembourg created the European Coal and Steel
    Community (ECSC).

     In 1952 the member states created the Common Assembly


    of European Coal and Steel Community that originated
    the European Parliament, in 1962

     It was composed of seventy-eight deputies who


    Flag of ECSC
    represented the respective national parliaments
    Seat of the European Parliament

     Nowadays the head office of EP is in Strasbourg, France,


    although it also operates in Brussels, Belgium, and
    Luxembourg

     ECSC institutions were in Luxembourg. However,


    The Council of Europe (an intergovernmental body made up
    of 47 countries to discuss human rights and culture was also
    set up in the immediate post-WW2 period), was already
    based in Strasbourg and it offered its plenary chamber for
    meetings of the ECSC´s Common Assembly

     Strasbourg gradually became the main home of plenary


    sessions of the Parliament Head office of the EP, Strasbourg
    Organisation
    The president

     The European Parliament (EP) elects its president for every two
    and a half years
     Is elected president the candidate with an absolute majority of
    votes, chosen by MEPs (Members os European Parliament) in
    secret ballot.

     Functions of the President of the European Parliament


     Chairs the parliamentary sessions
     Ensures that procedures are followed
     Represents parliament in legal matters
     Signs community laws and budgets
    David Sassoli

     The current President of the EP is David Sassoli


    Members

     The European Parliament is made up


    of 705 deputies elected by the
    population of the 27 Member States of
    the European Union

     Since 1979, Members of Parliament


    have been elected for 5 years, by direct
    universal suffrage.

     They represent 500 million EU


    citizens. European Parliament
    Number of MEPs by state 2019 before BREXIT

    705 MEPs after Great Britain left the EU


    Political group

    There are currently 7 politicalThegroups


    Greens /
    in the European Parliament:
    Progressive Alliance European
    European People´s Renew Europe European Free Identity and Nordic Green Left
    of Socialists and Conservatives and
    Party (EPP)
    Democrats (S&D) Group Alliance (Greens / Democracy (ID) (NGL)
    Reformists (ECR)
    EFA)

    Each political group manages its own internal organization.


    Political group
    MEPs by Political Groups after May 2019 elections
    Committees

     The subjects to be discussed by all MEPs in plenary sessions are prepared by


    twenty specialized committees.
     A committee is composed by 25 to 70 MEPs.
     Each one has a president, vice president and secretary
     They meet once or twice a month in Brussels
     The three most important committee are:
     Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
     Committee for the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
     Committee for Budgetary Control
    Delegations

     The European Parliament's delegations aim


    to exchange information with the
    parliaments of the different countries that
    do not belong to the European Union.

     Thus, the European Parliament represents


    the Union abroad and promote the
    principles and values ​of the EU among third
    countries

    Head office of the European Parliament, Strasbourg


    Political bodies

    The different political bodies in the


    They are:
    European Parliament are responsible for:

    • the organisation of Parliament’s • Conference of Presidents


    business and legislative planning • The Bureau
    • deciding the responsibilities and • College of Quaestors
    membership of committees and • Conference of Committee Chairs
    delegations • The Conference of Delegation Chairs
    • relations with other EU institutions, the
    national parliaments and non-EU
    countries
    Intergroups

     Intergroups are not Parliament bodies and therefore may not express Parliament's opinion.
     They are constituted by members of the political groups and committees
     Aims to exchange information on specific subjects and promote communication between MEPs
    and civil society
     List of intergroups
     Anti-corruption
     Anti-racism and diversity
     Artificial Intelligence and Digital
     Biodiversity, hunting, countryside
     Cancer
     Children’s rights
    Powers and procedures
    Legislative powers

     EP shares this power with the Council in most


    legal acts, through the ordinary legislative
    process.
     Members of the European Parliament:
     Passing EU laws, together with the 
    Council of the EU, based on 
    European Commission proposals
     Deciding on international agreements
     Deciding on enlargements
     Reviewing the Commission's work
    programme 
     and asking it to propose legislation
    Head office of EP, Brussels
    Supervisory powers

     Members of the European Parliament control the institutions of the


    European Union:
     Democratic scrutiny of all EU institutions
     Electing the Commission President and approving the Commission
    as a body. Possibility of voting a motion of censure, obliging the
    Commission to resign
     Granting discharge, i.e. approving the way EU budgets have been
    spent
     Examining citizens' petitions and setting up inquiries
     Discussing monetary policy with the European Central Bank
     Questioning Commission and Council
     Election observations
    Budgetary powers

     Members of Parliament:
     Establishing the EU budget, together with the Council
     Approving the EU's long-term budget, the "Multiannual Financial Framework"

    Head office of European Parliament, Luxembourg


    The Lisbon
    Treaty
     The Lisbon Treaty, created by the EU member states, was concluded in 2007, when signed
    by most European countries
     Only entered into force in 2009
     It aimed to:
     strengthening the European Parliament
     Increase the political power of citizens
     Create the possibility to leave the European Union
     Higher decision-making powers

    The Lisbon Treaty


    Webgraphy

     https://europa.eu/european-union/index_en
     https://eur-lex.europa.eu/summary/glossary/european_parliament.html
     https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=pt-PT

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