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.

Eurojust → supervisedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

European Data Protection Supervisor → supervises → European Parliament ⓘ

European Qualifications Framework → supportedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

European Parliament (Luxembourg seat) → supports → European Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Members of the European Parliament

Annual Report of the European Central Bank → targetAudience → European Parliament ⓘ

Soviet occupation of the Baltic states → topicOf → European Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Parliament resolutions on the Baltic states

Buildings of the European Parliament → usedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

Espace Léopold complex → usedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Members of the European Parliament

European Parliament (Strasbourg seat) → usedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

this entity surface form: Members of the European Parliament

József Antall building → usedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

Louise Weiss building (Strasbourg) → usedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

Willy Brandt building → usedBy → European Parliament ⓘ

Agriculture and Fisheries Council → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ

Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ

Directorate-General for Trade → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ

Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ

European Academies Science Advisory Council → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ

European Economic and Social Committee → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ

General Affairs Council → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ

Office of European Union and Regional Affairs → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ

Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ

United States Ambassador to the European Union → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ

the Council → worksWith → European Parliament ⓘ