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A referendum - a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part - was held on Thursday 23 June, 2016, to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. Leave won by 51.9% to 48.1%. The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with more than 30 million people voting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32810887

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The Parliaments role is not only in promoting democratic decision-making in Europe but is to support the fight for democracy, freedom of speech and fair elections across the globe.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en

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The Parliament acts as a co-legislator, sharing with the Council the power to adopt and amend legislative proposals and to decide on the EU budget. It also supervises the work of the Commission and other EU bodies and cooperates with national parliaments of EU countries to get their input.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/aboutparliament/en/20150201PVL00004/Powers-and-procedures

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- Group of the European Peoples Parliament (PPE) This is the largest party in the European Parliament, formed in 1952.
- Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats
- The Alliance of Liberals & Democrats for Europe
- The European Free Alliance Greens
- The European Conservatives & Reformists
- European United Nordic Green Left
- Europe of Freedom & Democracy
in order of party size
Total of 762 members across all parties.

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withdrawal from the European Union is governed by Article 50 of the treaty

on European Union. Under the Article 50invocation procedure, a member notifies the European Council and there is a negotiation period of up to two years, after which the treaties cease to apply. although terms of leaving may be agreed, aspects such as trade may be difficult to negotiate until the UK has left the EU.

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the Uk joined the European Communities in 1973, with the membership confirmed by a referendum in 1975. In the 1970's and 1980's withdrawal from the EC was advocated mainly by the Labour Party members and trade union figures. From the 1990's the main advocates of withdrawal were newly founded UK Independence Party and an increasing number of Eurosceptic Conservative Party members.

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There are 12 electoral districts in the UK. one each for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. England has nine because of its larger population. Each district elects between 3 and 10 MEP's, depending on how many people live there.

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THE QUEEN CAN NOT VOTE IN ELECTIONS!!

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https://youtu.be/8h2cwPKJRl8

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- Establishing the EU budget
- Approving the EU's long-term budget

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Prime Minister, Theresa May announced that the UK would not seek permanent membership of the single market of the customs union after leaving the EU. She promised to repeal the European Communities Act of 1972 and incorporate existing European Union Law and UK domestic law. Negotiations with the EU officially started in June 2017.

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- Questioning commission and council
- Election observations
- Examining citizens' petitions and setting up enquiries

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- Passing EU laws, based on European Commission proposals
- Deciding on international agreements
- Deciding on enlargements

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Brexit is the popular term for the prospective withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European.
In the referendum on the 23rd June 2016, 51.9% of the participating UK electorate voted to leave the EU. the UK is thus on course to leave the European Union on 29th March 2019

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The European Parliament is the EU's law-making body. It is directly elected by EU voters every 5 years.

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The parliament has 3 main roles:
Legislative
Supervisory
Budgetary

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There are elections for the European Parliament. They happen in all EU member states. The next European elections will be in 2019. The UK elects 73 members of the European parliament. In the UK you have to be over 18 and a British citizen or an EU or commonwealth citizen in the UK in order to vote in European parliamentary elections.