European Parliament
Brussels legislative body
The European Parliament is the directly elected legislative body of the European Union, with members chosen by voters in each EU member state.
It shares lawmaking and budgetary authority with the Council of the European Union and holds the European Commission accountable.
The Parliament meets primarily in Strasbourg and Brussels: She was elected to the European Parliament in 2019.
Formal command or instruction
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- amendmentChange to official text
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
bill · reading · vote · debate · procedure · enactment · lawmaking · scrutiny
Belgian capital
- StrasbourgAlsatian regional capital
- plenaryAbsolute and entire
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- secretariatAdministrative office of organization
president · rapporteur · MEP · hemicycle · chamber · session · bureau · caucus
Organized effort toward goal
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- ballotsVoting forms
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
- turnoutNumber attending an event
proportional representation · electorate · manifesto · voter · threshold · mandate · term · reelection
Countries within a union
- multilingualismMultiple language proficiency
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- integrationCombining into a whole
- subsidiarityLocal authority when able
intergovernmental · sovereignty · enlargement · federalism · treaty · cooperation · unanimity · veto
directive
Formal command or instruction
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- amendmentChange to official text
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
proposal · bill · reading · vote · debate · procedure · enactment · lawmaking · scrutiny · transposition
Brussels
Belgian capital
- StrasbourgAlsatian regional capital
- plenaryAbsolute and entire
- committeeAppointed group for duties
secretariat · president · rapporteur · MEP · hemicycle · chamber · session · bureau · caucus · vice-president
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- ballotsVoting forms
- constituenciesElectoral regions or supporter groups
turnout · proportional representation · electorate · manifesto · voter · threshold · mandate · term · reelection · political parties
member states
Countries within a union
- multilingualismMultiple language proficiency
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- integrationCombining into a whole
subsidiarity · intergovernmental · sovereignty · enlargement · federalism · treaty · cooperation · unanimity · veto · opt-out
- Belgian landmarksRoyal Palace, Ghent Altarpiece
- BrusselsRoyal Palace, Brussels sprouts, Tintin, Belgian chocolate, Belgian waffles
- EU Institutions
- Public Institutionslocal councils, public archives, public hospitals, universities, social services
- EU lawTreaty of Rome, acquis communautaire, directives, transposition, direct effect
- EU BodiesEuropol, ERA, ETF, LISA, GSA
European Parliamentnational parliament
Governing assembly of a country
national congress · national legislature · Bundestag · House of Commons · US Congress
European Parliamentdictatorship
Unchecked single-ruler government
autocracy · totalitarian government · Supreme Soviet · authoritarian regime · military junta
parliament, Europe, Eurocentrism, European, Eurozone, parliaments, parliamentary, Europeans, Euroscepticism