European Parliament

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The European Parliament is the directly elected legislative body of the European Union, responsible for passing EU laws, approving budgets, and overseeing other EU institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf institution of the European Union
legislative body
supranational parliament
abbreviationOfMembers MEP
budgetaryAuthorityWith Council of the European Union
coatOfArms Flag of Europe
surface form: Emblem of the European Parliament
coLegislatesWith Council of the European Union
country European Union
electionInterval 5 years
elects European Ombudsman (office in Strasbourg)
surface form: European Ombudsman

President of the European Commission
its President
its Vice-Presidents
firstDirectElection 1979
foundedAs Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
hasBody Bureau of the European Parliament
Conference of Committee Chairs
Conference of Delegation Chairs
Conference of Presidents
hasCommittee Committee on Budgets
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on International Trade
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
hasFunction approving the European Union budget
consent to international agreements of the EU
democratic oversight of other EU institutions
election and dismissal of the European Commission
passing European Union legislation
hasGroup European Conservatives and Reformists Party
surface form: European Conservatives and Reformists

European People’s Party
surface form: European People’s Party group

Greens–European Free Alliance
European Parliament political groups
surface form: Identity and Democracy group

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
surface form: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE Party)
surface form: Renew Europe

The Left in the European Parliament
hasSeat Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
surface form: Luxembourg City

Strasbourg
headquartersLocation Strasbourg
inception 1952
jurisdiction European Union
legalBasis Treaty on European Union
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
legislativeBodyOf European Union
logo Logo of the European Parliament
meetingPlace Espace Léopold complex
surface form: Espace Léopold

Louise Weiss building
memberOf European Union
membersCalled Members of the European Parliament
motto The voice of the citizens of the European Union
nativeName European Parliament self-linksurface differs
surface form: Europäisches Parlament

Parlamento Europeias
European Parliament self-linksurface differs
surface form: Parlamento Europejski

European Parliament self-linksurface differs
surface form: Parlamento Europeo

European Parliament self-linksurface differs
surface form: Parlamento Europeu

European Parliament self-linksurface differs
surface form: Parlement européen
numberOfMembers 720
officialLanguagePolicy multilingualism with all official EU languages
oversees Council of the European Union
European Central Bank
European Commission
European Council
European Court of Auditors
partOf institutional framework of the European Union
precededBy Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
replaced Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
secondaryHeadquartersLocation Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
secretariatLocation Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
surface form: Luxembourg City
shortName EP
votingSystem proportional representation
website https://www.europarl.europa.eu

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subject surface form: Federal Association of Free Voters (Germany)
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subject surface form: Christian Social People's Party
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Greens representedIn European Parliament
subject surface form: Alliance 90/The Greens
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Union of the Centre (Italy) representedIn European Parliament
Identity and Democracy representedIn European Parliament
EFDD representedIn European Parliament
Order and Justice (Lithuania) representedIn European Parliament