The European Parliament elections start tomorrow. But what does the representative body actually do?
Approximately 400 million voters in 28 member states will directly electThe European Parliament is thus the only directly elected transnational representative body in the world.
Parliamentarians exercise their mandate freely, but most are bound by a parliamentary group. In the last parliament there were eight parliamentary groups . These range from the far-right to the hard left. are the Christian democratic European People’s Party and the Party of European Socialists . The power of the European Parliament has grown considerably since it was founded in 1979. of the European Union it decides on new regulations and laws proposed by the EU Commission.
If new countries join the Union or the EU concludes international agreements, the European Parliament must give its assent.Together with theof the European Union it decides on new regulations and laws proposed by the EU Commission. Examples of such laws include environmental and consumer protection policies, as well as energy and agricultural policy.
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