European Parliament and Council of the European Union

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elected representative institution of the European Union legislative body

The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union are the two main legislative bodies of the EU that jointly adopt binding laws and regulations for member states.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
European Parliament	0
Council of the European Union	0
Members of the European Parliament	0
European Parliament and the Council	1

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	elected representative ⓘ institution of the European Union ⓘ legislative body ⓘ
abbreviation	MEP NERFINISHED ⓘ
additionalWorkingLocation	Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Council of Ministers NERFINISHED ⓘ EP NERFINISHED ⓘ the Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
approves	accession of new EU member states ⓘ
composition	Members of the European Parliament ⓘ ministers from EU member state governments ⓘ
concludes	international agreements on behalf of the EU ⓘ
coordinates	economic policies of member states ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ European Union ⓘ
decidesOn	accession of new EU member states ⓘ
decisionProcedure	ordinary legislative procedure ⓘ ordinary legislative procedure ⓘ
directElectionsSince	1979 ⓘ
electionMethod	direct universal suffrage ⓘ
established	1952 ⓘ 1958 ⓘ
establishedAs	Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageRegime	multilingual with all official EU languages ⓘ multilingual with all official EU languages ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty on European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty on European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ
meetingLocation	Europa building NERFINISHED ⓘ Justus Lipsius building NERFINISHED ⓘ
membership	one minister per member state per configuration ⓘ
officialName	Council of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ European Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatesIn	conclusion of international agreements ⓘ
permanentChairForEurogroup	President of the Eurogroup ⓘ
policyScope	most areas of EU competence ⓘ most areas of EU competence ⓘ
power	adopts European Union legislation ⓘ adopts European Union legislation ⓘ adopts the EU budget ⓘ adopts the EU budget ⓘ approves or rejects the European Commission as a body ⓘ can dismiss the European Commission through motion of censure ⓘ coordinates policies of EU member states ⓘ exercises democratic oversight over other EU institutions ⓘ
predecessor	Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community NERFINISHED ⓘ
presidencyHeldBy	EU member state ⓘ
presidencyRotation	every 6 months ⓘ
presidentTitle	President of the Council NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the European Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed	European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedBody	European Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ European Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ European Council NERFINISHED ⓘ European Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamed	European Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamedInYear	1962 ⓘ
requiresUnanimityFor	certain sensitive policy areas ⓘ
role	co-legislator of the European Union ⓘ co-legislator of the European Union ⓘ part of the EU legislative branch ⓘ part of the EU legislative branch ⓘ
seat	Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ
secretariatLocation	Luxembourg City NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervises	European Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
votingSystem	qualified majority voting for most decisions ⓘ simple majority for most decisions ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

EU directives → adoptedBy → European Parliament and Council of the European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Parliament and the Council

IPA III → adoptedBy → European Parliament and Council of the European Union ⓘ

Paediatric Regulation → adoptedBy → European Parliament and Council of the European Union ⓘ