European Parliament

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The European Parliament is the directly elected legislative body of the European Union, responsible for passing EU laws, approving budgets, and overseeing other EU institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf institution of the European Union
legislative body
supranational parliament
abbreviationOfMembers MEP
budgetaryAuthorityWith Council of the European Union
coatOfArms Emblem of the European Parliament
linked to: Flag of Europe
coLegislatesWith Council of the European Union
country European Union
electionInterval 5 years
elects European Ombudsman
President of the European Commission
its President
its Vice-Presidents
firstDirectElection 1979
foundedAs Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
hasBody Bureau of the European Parliament
Conference of Committee Chairs
Conference of Delegation Chairs
Conference of Presidents
hasCommittee Committee on Budgets
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on International Trade
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
hasFunction approving the European Union budget
consent to international agreements of the EU
democratic oversight of other EU institutions
election and dismissal of the European Commission
passing European Union legislation
hasGroup European Conservatives and Reformists
European People’s Party group
Greens–European Free Alliance
Identity and Democracy group
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Renew Europe
The Left in the European Parliament
hasSeat Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Luxembourg City
Strasbourg
headquartersLocation Strasbourg
inception 1952
jurisdiction European Union
legalBasis Treaty on European Union
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
legislativeBodyOf European Union
logo Logo of the European Parliament
meetingPlace Espace Léopold
Louise Weiss building
memberOf European Union
membersCalled Members of the European Parliament
motto The voice of the citizens of the European Union
nativeName Europäisches Parlament
linked to: European Parliament

Parlamento Europeias
Parlamento Europejski
linked to: European Parliament

Parlamento Europeo
linked to: European Parliament

Parlamento Europeu
linked to: European Parliament

Parlement européen
linked to: European Parliament
numberOfMembers 720
officialLanguagePolicy multilingualism with all official EU languages
oversees Council of the European Union
European Central Bank
European Commission
European Council
European Court of Auditors
partOf institutional framework of the European Union
precededBy Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
replaced Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
secondaryHeadquartersLocation Brussels
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
secretariatLocation Luxembourg City
shortName EP
votingSystem proportional representation
website https://www.europarl.europa.eu

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subject linked to: ECR
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linked to: European Parliament
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Espace Léopold complex governingBody European Parliament