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,...

Legislative assembly of the European Union (EU). Inaugurated in 1958 as the Common Assembly, the European Parliament originally consisted of representatives selected by the national parliaments of member countries. Beginning in 1979, members of the...

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...