European Parliament Parliaments are the central institutions in European systems of representative democracy. Traditionally, the idea that parliament is at the core of democracy has been intertwined with the existence of the independent nation-state ....

The European Parliament (EP) is the legislative body of the European Union (EU). Originally established as the Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community by the Treaty of Paris, it adopted its present name in 1962. The EP is based in Brussels,...

The directly elected parliament of the EUROPEAN UNION elected every five years by universal suffrage. It shares power of legislation and budgetary authority with the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION and supervises the activities of the EUROPEAN...

The European Parliament (Europarl or EP) is the directly elected parliamentary body of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council), it forms the bicameral legislative branch of the Union's institutions and has...

European Parliament plenary session from 20 to 21 September in Brussels.Key* Consultation in single reading (simple majority vote)**I Co-operation procedure - first reading (simple majority)**II Co-operation procedure - second reading (simple majority needed to approve the Council's common position, 314 votes needed to...

The European Monetary Union (EMU), being for the people and by the people of Europe, must be decided upon by the majority and not merely the elite few. Although some predict that the EMU may not takeoff, the economic union is reasonably achievable by...

The EU parliament's president called for the release of five Bulgarian medics sentenced to death in Libya after being convicted of deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV.Hans-Gert Poettering said Libya should revoke the death sentence and free the nurses, allowing them to reunite with their...