European Parliament and Council of the European Union

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The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union are the two main legislative bodies of the EU that jointly adopt binding laws and regulations for member states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf elected representative ⓘ
institution of the European Union ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
abbreviation MEP ⓘ
additionalWorkingLocation Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
alsoKnownAs Council of Ministers ⓘ
EP ⓘ
the Council ⓘ
approves accession of new EU member states ⓘ
composition Members of the European Parliament ⓘ
ministers from EU member state governments ⓘ
concludes international agreements on behalf of the EU ⓘ
coordinates economic policies of member states ⓘ
country European Union ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
decidesOn accession of new EU member states ⓘ
decisionProcedure ordinary legislative procedure ⓘ
ordinary legislative procedure ⓘ
directElectionsSince 1979 ⓘ
electionMethod direct universal suffrage ⓘ
established 1952 ⓘ
1958 ⓘ
establishedAs Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ
languageRegime multilingual with all official EU languages ⓘ
multilingual with all official EU languages ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty on European Union ⓘ
Treaty on European Union ⓘ
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
meetingLocation Europa building ⓘ
Justus Lipsius building ⓘ
membership one minister per member state per configuration ⓘ
officialName Council of the European Union ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ
participatesIn conclusion of international agreements ⓘ
permanentChairForEurogroup President of the Eurogroup ⓘ
policyScope most areas of EU competence ⓘ
most areas of EU competence ⓘ
power adopts European Union legislation ⓘ
adopts European Union legislation ⓘ
adopts the EU budget ⓘ
adopts the EU budget ⓘ
approves or rejects the European Commission as a body ⓘ
can dismiss the European Commission through motion of censure ⓘ
coordinates policies of EU member states ⓘ
exercises democratic oversight over other EU institutions ⓘ
predecessor Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ
presidencyHeldBy EU member state ⓘ
presidencyRotation every 6 months ⓘ
presidentTitle President of the Council ⓘ
President of the European Parliament ⓘ
regionServed European Union ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
relatedBody European Commission ⓘ
European Commission ⓘ
European Council ⓘ
European Council ⓘ
renamed European Parliament ⓘ
renamedInYear 1962 ⓘ
requiresUnanimityFor certain sensitive policy areas ⓘ
role co-legislator of the European Union ⓘ
co-legislator of the European Union ⓘ
part of the EU legislative branch ⓘ
part of the EU legislative branch ⓘ
seat Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium

Strasbourg ⓘ
secretariatLocation Luxembourg City ⓘ
supervises European Commission ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
votingSystem qualified majority voting for most decisions ⓘ
simple majority for most decisions ⓘ

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

Paediatric Regulation → adoptedBy → European Parliament and Council of the European Union ⓘ
IPA III → adoptedBy → European Parliament and Council of the European Union ⓘ
EU directives → adoptedBy → European Parliament and the Council ⓘ
linked to: European Parliament and Council of the European Union
Directive 2010/53/EU → adoptedBy → European Parliament and Council of the European Union ⓘ
Article 114 TFEU → empowers → European Parliament and Council ⓘ
linked to: European Parliament and Council of the European Union
Article 95 of the EC Treaty → empowered → European Community legislature ⓘ
linked to: European Parliament and Council of the European Union
EU regulations → adoptedBy → European Parliament and Council ⓘ
linked to: European Parliament and Council of the European Union
Article 78 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union → grantsLegislativePowerTo → European Parliament and Council of the European Union ⓘ
ENI → adoptedBy → European Parliament and Council of the European Union ⓘ
EU Taxonomy for sustainable activities → adoptedBy → European Parliament and Council of the European Union ⓘ
COSME programme → adoptedBy → European Parliament and Council of the European Union ⓘ