The European Union Parliament
The European Parliament is an institution that pools all elected members to discuss any matters or issues concerning the European Union state members. It is chosen by the citizens of the Union to act on behalf of them. Its history goes back to 1950s with establishing treaties. Elections are held every five years, so all citizens are entitled to vote in every country and each has a definite number of members according to its population. There are 490 million people from whom 736 members are elected in 27 EU countries. The Parliament operates in three places: Brussels (Belgium), Luxembourg and Strasbourg (France). Its plenary sessions take place in Strasbourg and sometimes in Brussels. The Parliament has three main roles such as: it approves European laws with Council in varied policy arenas. It supervises over other European institutions. And it approves of EU budget by the president of the EP. There are two stages on how The Parliament is arranged: first, it prepares for plenary session by MEPs in different parliamentary committees specialized in particular field of EU activity. Second, the plenary session examines proposed laws and votes on amendment having decisions on the text as a whole.
To conclude, The European Union Parliament is a body that has a special touch on all European Union countries, under the roof of laws and regulations.
