The secretariat of the European Parliament is the administrative body of the European Parliament headed by a Secretary-General. It is based in the Kirchberg district of Luxembourg and around the Gare du Luxembourg in Brussels and employs 4000 officials.
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Secretary-General
The Secretary General of the European Parliament is appointed by the Bureau of the Parliament. The post is responsible for administration and assisting the President, MEPs and the Parliaments bodies. He also deals with the day-to-day running of business and prepares basic reports for budget estimates. The Secretary General also has to sign, together with the President, all acts adopted by the Parliament and Council. [1]
Legal Service
The Parliament's legal services advises members and bodies on matters of European law, helping in drafting of legislation and representing the Parliament in Courts.
Directorate-Generals
Presidency
The Directorate-General for the Presidency organises plenary sittings and for follow-up activities including protocol, mail, register, archives, IT and security. [2]
Internal Policies
The Directorate-General for Internal Policies (DG IPOL) deals with assisting the work of Parliament’s committees and their chairmen as well as coordinating relations and cooperation with the other institutions and national parliaments. [3]
External Policies
The Directorate-General for External Policies (DG EXPO) deals with assisting the work of Parliament’s delegations, committees and their chairmen as well as coordinating relations and cooperation with the other institutions, national parliaments ands foreign bodies. It also forms half of the co-secretariat of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. [4]
Information
The Directorate-General for Information (DG INFO) deals with public information and media. It maintains a network of public information offices across member states and a library and documentation service for MEPs. [5]
Personnel
The Directorate-General for Personnel deals with the human resources of the other DGs, including giving staff access to vocational training.
Infrastructure and Interpretation
The Directorate-General for Infrastructure and Interpretation manages the buildings of the European Parliament (spread over Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg) and its member-state offices, equipment and services and arranging for interpretation cover of plenary sittings and other meetings.
Translation and Publishing
The Directorate-General for Translation and Publishing is responsible for written translation of the Parliament's documents. Its publishing arm deals with the publication of parliamentary material such as working documents and the official journal. It also manages the Europarl website. (See also: Office for Official Publications)
Finance
The Directorate-General for Finance deals with the Parliaments budgetary and financial affairs. Preparing and checking the budget and monitoring its subsequent implementation. It is also responsible for official accounting and treasury operations as well as MEPs' finances.
See also
- Location of European Union institutions
- European Parliament in Luxembourg
- Institutions of the European Union
- Directorate-Generals (of the Commission)
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