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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Ian Paisley memberOf European Parliament
Catherine Lalumière employer European Parliament
Democrats 66 hasRepresentativeBody European Parliament
EIT foundingActAdoptedBy European Parliament
subject surface form: European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 adoptedBy European Parliament
Regulation (EU) 1292/2013 adoptedBy European Parliament
subject surface form: Regulation (EU) No 1292/2013
Regulation (EU) 1292/2013 monitoredBy European Parliament
subject surface form: Regulation (EU) No 1292/2013
GDPR adoptedBy European Parliament
Prawo i Sprawiedliwość representsIn European Parliament
PiS representedIn European Parliament
National Alliance (political tradition) representedIn European Parliament
subject surface form: National Alliance
ODS representedIn European Parliament
ECR Group isInInstitution European Parliament
ECR Group legislature European Parliament
National Alliance representedIn European Parliament
Mary Lou McDonald parliamentaryBody European Parliament
European United Left–Nordic Green Left (past or present grouping in European Parliament) operatesIn European Parliament
subject surface form: European United Left–Nordic Green Left
European Qualifications Framework supportedBy European Parliament
Louise Weiss building occupant European Parliament
Louise Weiss building mainSeatOf European Parliament
Louise Weiss building operator European Parliament
Winston Churchill building associatedWith European Parliament
Treaty of Amsterdam strengthenedInstitution European Parliament
Architecture-Studio hasClient European Parliament
All European Academies cooperatesWith European Parliament
Salvador de Madariaga building ownedBy European Parliament
Salvador de Madariaga building operator European Parliament
Partido Socialista representedIn European Parliament
subject surface form: Partido Socialista (Portugal)
Partido Socialista representedIn European Parliament
subject surface form: Partido Socialista Obrero Español
Swedish Social Democratic Party representedIn European Parliament
Italian Democratic Party representedIn European Parliament
Czech Social Democratic Party representedIn European Parliament
Slovak Direction – Social Democracy representedIn European Parliament
this entity surface form: European Parliament (Slovak seats)
Croatian Social Democratic Party representedIn European Parliament
subject surface form: Social Democratic Party of Croatia
CDS – People's Party representedIn European Parliament
this entity surface form: European Parliament (historically)
European social model isDiscussedBy European Parliament
European Trade Union Confederation partnerOf European Parliament
Andean Parliament cooperatesWith European Parliament
Andrzej Duda memberOfParliament European Parliament
Austrian Social Democratic Party parliamentaryGroupIn European Parliament
subject surface form: Social Democratic Party of Austria
Danish Social Democrats representedIn European Parliament
PES representsIn European Parliament
subject surface form: Party of European Socialists