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How the European union works 

The European union directly elected legislative arm of the EU.

It is made up of 754 members of the European parliament .

It is located in Strasbourg (France), Brussels (Belgium)and Luxembourg.

Members of the European parliaments(MEPs)

Parliaments –“The highest legislature”/A legislative body of government (representing the electorate, making laws and over seeing the government through hearing and enquiries) are directly elected by EU citizens to represent their interests.

Elections are held every five years and all European union citizens over 18 years old while in Austria over 16 years .

COMPOSITIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION PARLIAMENT

1.The seats in the European parliament are allocated among the member states on the basis of their share of the EU population

2.croatia will become the 28th members state of the european union on 1 July 2013 .At the moment of accession , 12 Croatian members will join the european parliament for the rest of the parliamentary term . For the elections to the parliament in 2014 ,the total number of MEPs will be adjusted to 751.

3.most MEPs are associated with a national political party in their home country in the european parliament the national parties group into EU-wide political groupings and most MEPs belong to one of these .

WHAT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DOES?

1.It shares with the council the power to legislate -To pass laws .The fact that it is a directly related body helps guarantee the democratic legitimacy of European law.

2. It exercises democratic supervision over all EU institutions and  in particular the commissions.

3.It shares authority with the council over the EU budget and can therefore influence european union spending. It can reject or adopts the budget in Entirety. 

The three roles are Described in greater terms below;

1.The power to legislate.

The most common means of adopting the EU legislation Is called the ordinary legislative procedures(co- decision procedure)

This places the European parliament  and the council on an equal footing, and the laws passed using this procedure are 


Joint acts of the Council and Parliament. It applies to the 


Majority of EU legislation, covering a wide range of 


Fields such as consumer rights, environmental 


Protection and transport. Under the ordinary legislative 


Procedure the Commission makes a proposal which 


Must be adopted both by the Parliament and the 


Council. Parliament’s assent is required for all 


International agreements in fields covered by the 


Ordinary legislative procedure.


Parliament must be consulted on a range of other 


Proposals, and its approval is required for important 


Political or institutional decisions, such as social security 


And protection acts, tax-related provisions in the area of 


Energy, and harmonization of turnover taxes and 


Indirect taxation. Parliament also provides the impetus 


For new legislation by examining the Commission’s 


Annual work programme, considering what new laws 


Would be appropriate, and asking the Commission to 


Put forward proposals.

Key words :1:The ordinary legislative procedure

2.Equal footing

3.consumer rights 

4.environmental protection

5.Parliament assent 

6.social-security and protection acts 

7.Tax -related provisions 

8.Harmonization of turnover taxes  and indirect taxation 

9.Annual work programme .


2. THE POWER OF SUPERVISION


Parliament exercises democratic supervision over the 


Other European institutions. It does so in several ways. 


Firstly, when a new Commission is to be appointed, 


Parliament holds auditions of all the prospective new 


Members and President of the Commission (nominated 


By the Member States). They cannot be appointed 


Without Parliament’s approval.


Furthermore, the Commission is politically answerable 


To Parliament, which can pass a ‘motion of censure’ 


Calling for its mass resignation. More generally, 


Parliament exercises control by regularly examining 


Reports sent to it by the Commission and asking written 


And oral questions.


The Commissioners attend plenary sessions of 


Parliament and meetings of the parliamentary 


Committees. Similarly, the Parliament holds a regular 


Dialogue with the President of the European Central Bank on monetary policy. 

Parliament also monitors the work of the Council: MEPs 



Regularly ask the Council written and oral questions, and 



The Council Presidency attends the plenary sessions and 



Takes part in important debates. For some policy areas, 



Which include common foreign and security policy, the 



Council alone is responsible for decision-making. But 



The Parliament nonetheless works closely with the 



Council in these areas.



Parliament can also exercise democratic control by 



Examining petitions from citizens and setting up special 



Committees of inquiry.



Finally, Parliament provides input to every EU summit 



(the European Council meetings). At the opening of each 



Summit, the President of Parliament is invited to 



Express Parliament’s views and concerns about topical 



Issues and the items on the European Council’s agenda.



Key words:

1.Democratic Supervision

2.Auditions 

3.parliament approval

4.motion of censure

5.plenary sessions 

6.monetary policy

7.commitees of inquiry

8.European union summit

European councils agenda 



3. THE POWER OF THE PURSE



The European’s annual budget is decided jointly by Parliament 



And the Council of the European Union. Parliament 



Debates it in two successive readings, and it does not 



Come into force until it has been signed by the President 



Of Parliament.



Its Committee on Budgetary Control monitors how the 



Budget is spent, and each year Parliament decides 



Whether to approve the Commission’s handling of the 



Budget for the previous financial year. This approval 



Process is technically known as ‘granting a discharge’.

Key words:

1.European Annual budget 

2.council of the European union 

3.Budgetary control monitors 

4.granting a discharge.



HOW THE PARLIAMENT WORKS:



Parliament elects its own President for a two-and-a-



Half-year term. The President represents the Parliament 



To the other EU institutions as well as to the outside 



World, and is assisted by 14 Vice-Presidents. The 



President of the European Parliament, together with the 



President of the Council, signs all legislative acts once 



They are adopted.



Parliament’s work is divided into two main stages:



X Preparing for the plenary session: this is done by the 



MEPs in the 20 parliamentary committees that 



Specialize in particular areas of EU activity. For 



Example, the ECON Committee for Economic and 



Monetary Affairs, or the INTA Committee for 



International Trade. The issues for debate are also 



Discussed by the political groups.



X The plenary session itself: plenary sessions, attended 



By all MEPs, are normally held in Strasbourg (one 



Week per month) and sometimes additional sessions 



Are held in Brussels. At plenary sessions, Parliament 



Examines proposed legislation and votes on 



Amendments before coming to a decision on the text 



As a whole. Other items on the agenda may include 



Council or Commission ‘communications’ or questions 



About what is going on in the EU or in the wider world .

What the European council does :

At the meetings ,the leaders decide by consensus on the overall directions and priorities of the union and provide the necessary impetus for it’s development.

The European council does not adopt legislation at the end of each meeting it issues.



 President of the European council 

The work of the European council is co-ordinated by its president ,who is responsible for convening and chairing European council meetings and driving forward it’s work.

The president of the European council also represents the union to the world at large ,this is done together with the high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy ,he or she represents union interests in foreign affairs and security matters .

 Secretariat

The European council is assisted by the general secretariat of the council






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