European Parliament

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institution of the European Union legislative body supranational parliament

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.

Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Members of the European Parliament	3
Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament	1
European Parliament (in general concept)	1
European Parliament Bureau	1
European Parliament as representative of EU citizens	1
European Parliament resolutions on the Baltic states	1
European Parliamentary Assembly	1
Europäisches Parlament	1
Parlamento Europejski	1
Parlamento Europeo	1
Parlamento Europeu	1
Parlement européen	1

Statements (73)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (173)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Parliament Security Service → partOf → European Parliament ⓘ

European Parliament political groups → partOf → European Parliament ⓘ

Secretary‑General of the European Parliament → partOf → European Parliament ⓘ

Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union → ratifiedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

Armenian Genocide → recognizedAsGenocideBy → European Parliament ⓘ

Holodomor → recognizedAsGenocideBy → European Parliament ⓘ

European Conservatives and Reformists Party → recognizedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

Porajmos → recognizedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

Samudaripen → recognizedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

Committee on European Union Affairs → relatedTo → European Parliament ⓘ

Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union → replacedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

European Systemic Risk Board (before Brexit-related changes) → reportsTo → European Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: European Systemic Risk Board

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy → reportsTo → European Parliament ⓘ

President of the European Commission → reportsTo → European Parliament ⓘ

Alliance 90/The Greens → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Christian Democratic Union of Germany → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Christian Social Union in Bavaria → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic) → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Communist Party of France → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Ecolo → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Fine Gael → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Groen → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Italian Democratic Socialists → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Italian Socialist Party → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

La République En Marche! → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

National Alliance (political tradition) → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: National Alliance

National Alliance → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

New Flemish Alliance → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Nils Torvalds → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

ODS → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Party for Freedom → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

PiS → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Social Democratic Party of Germany → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Socialist Party (France) → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Socialist Party (Portugal) → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

The Finns Party → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

VVD → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Vlaams Belang → representedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Prawo i Sprawiedliwość → representsIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Hans Modrow → servedIn → European Parliament ⓘ

Brussels-Luxembourg railway station → serves → European Parliament ⓘ

Strasbourg tramway → servesInstitution → European Parliament ⓘ

Council of the European Union → sharesBudgetaryPowerWith → European Parliament ⓘ

Member States of the European Union → sharesInstitution → European Parliament ⓘ

Council of Ministers → sharesLegislativePowerWith → European Parliament ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Ministers of the European Union

Council of the European Union → sharesLegislativePowerWith → European Parliament ⓘ

the Council → sharesLegislativePowerWith → European Parliament ⓘ

Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought → sponsor → European Parliament ⓘ

European Commission → subjectToApprovalBy → European Parliament ⓘ