EP

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The EP is the directly elected legislative body of the European Union that works with other EU institutions to pass laws and oversee policies across member states.

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EP canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf institution of the European Union ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
administrationLocatedIn Luxembourg City ⓘ
appliesTo European Union member states ⓘ
canEstablish committees of inquiry ⓘ
canPetitionedBy EU citizens ⓘ
coDecidesOn most EU legislation with the Council of the European Union ⓘ
committeeMeetingsHeldIn Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
country European Union ⓘ
electionFrequency every five years ⓘ
electorate citizens of European Union member states ⓘ
foundedBy European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ
hasFunction adopts non-legislative resolutions ⓘ
approves the EU budget ⓘ
approves the European Commission as a body ⓘ
approves the President of the European Commission ⓘ
can dismiss the European Commission through a motion of censure ⓘ
exercises democratic scrutiny over EU institutions ⓘ
monitors respect for fundamental rights in the EU ⓘ
oversees implementation of EU policies ⓘ
participates in the ordinary legislative procedure ⓘ
passes EU laws ⓘ
hasMemberAbbreviation MEP ⓘ
hasMemberLabel Member of the European Parliament ⓘ
hasPresident President of the European Parliament ⓘ
hasSeat Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Luxembourg City ⓘ
Strasbourg ⓘ
isDirectlyElected true ⓘ
jurisdiction European Union ⓘ
languagePolicy multilingual with all official EU languages ⓘ
legislativeProcedure ordinary legislative procedure ⓘ
special legislative procedures ⓘ
membersElectedBy universal suffrage ⓘ
membersRepresent EU citizens ⓘ
officialName European Parliament ⓘ
oversees European Commission ⓘ
implementation of EU law ⓘ
plenarySessionsHeldIn Strasbourg ⓘ
predecessor Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ
role budgetary authority of the European Union ⓘ
co-legislator of the European Union ⓘ
democratic oversight body of the European Union ⓘ
directly elected legislative body of the European Union ⓘ
shortName EP ⓘ
typeOfParliament supranational parliament ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
worksWith Council of the European Union ⓘ
European Commission ⓘ
European Council ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Parliament → shortName → EP ⓘ
subject linked to: EP
European Parliament → alsoKnownAs → EP ⓘ