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Parliament, together with the Council of Ministers, decides on laws affecting the lives of the citizens of the European Union. Members are elected to parliament by a majority of their respective member states and gogo members of the European Parliament.
The European Parliament has a number of powers, including legislative and budgetary, and has delegated powers to implement laws and plans proposed by the European Commission. It has no say in the EU budget and no money is spent without Parliament’s consent. The European Parliament must agree both on the composition of the Council of Ministers and on the budget for the next two years.
We reaffirm the two foundations of the democratic legitimacy of the Union: the right of citizens to direct representation in the Union at all levels, in the European Parliament and in accordance with the two-stage constitutional system in which it is formed, and the fundamental principle of democracy.
In the European Council, the Member States are represented in the Council by a Bureau responsible to their governments for the management of their affairs. This Bureau is headed by 14 Vice-Presidents elected from among the Members of Parliament for a term of 30 months. Parliament is divided into a number of specialised committees, including the Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, Justice and Home Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Trade and Investment.
Parliament is supported in its work by a secretariat which spends much of its time translating the 23 official languages of the European Union.
The last political cycle has shown that when the legislative mechanism comes to a standstill, it does so in the face of political instability. At the same time, Parliament is only one part of the EU system as a whole, and is therefore in danger of becoming a blocking power in an EU legislative machinery. The Member States remain at the heart of this Union, but the European Parliament functions as an independent body with its own functions.
It is important to know who sits in which political group in the European Parliament, and on 24 May Ireland voted ‘no’ to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (EEA) between the EU and Ireland.
Since 1999, the European People’s Party (EPP), the largest political group in the European Parliament, has been responsible for more than half of the electoral representations of the EU member states. Each group has at least 25 members representing at least a quarter of all Member States. The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, is a member of the EPP, as are the President’s Chief of Staff, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Vice-President Federica Mogherini.
Members of the European Parliament should be proactive in reaching out to national parliaments during the EU legislative process. The European Commission has already committed itself to pushing for more transparency in EU legislative processes. In October 2018, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU invited it to create a database to help national legislators follow the legislative process and a public database of all EU legislation.
In 2018, national parliaments issued 569 opinions, but only 37 were reasoned opinions, which could potentially lead to an issuing country showing a yellow card to the European Commission because it has the support of a sufficient number of other parliamentarians. The growing political row over EU policies has led many member states to reform their legislative processes to put national parliamentarians on a better footing and ward off Eurosceptics. Some argue for enhanced dialogue, although they argue that this could make decision-making in the EU too slow and protracted.
Ireland, for example, which suffered greatly from the global financial crisis and received financial support from both the EU and the International Monetary Fund in 2011, shifted its parliamentary scrutiny process to a committee selected to involve members in EU affairs.
The European elections have boosted turnout, but it would be premature to assume that this amounts to increased public engagement. In other countries, such as Austria and Finland, which are EU creditor countries and have citizens prone to Eurosceptic narratives, as well as in Germany and other EU member states, parliamentary communication on EU issues has increased. European elections to increase turnout, and it has increased the number of MEPs and their participation in EU affairs.
The President of the Commission must be prepared to take relations with national parliaments to the next level. National parliamentarians could be more active in bringing constructive proposals into the detailed legislative agenda formulated by the Commission.
Since 2006, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament have been able to provide feedback on policy dialogue with the European Commission on whether existing, planned or future legislation serves or undermines the public interest and participate in the process of adopting EU law in accordance with their respective national laws. In addition, national parliamentarians can exchange views at interparliamentary conferences convened by their national parliaments on matters of public interest. Although the so-called ‘yellow card’ does not automatically force the Commission to reject a proposal, it allows national parliamentarians to express their views on what citizens and their parliamentarians might consider to be domestic matters.

This is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), which is directly elected by citizens every five years. In fact, it is the only part of the EU body that is democratic, and in fact it is supported by a majority of EU citizens and not by EU members.
Together with the Council of Ministers, it is composed of all the legislative branches and institutions of the Union. The European Parliament convenes the European Commission, the EU executive and the executive board of the Commission.
In accordance with the two-stage constitutional system in which the European Union is formed, citizens are directly represented in the Union at all levels, at EU level and in the European Parliament. We reaffirm the two foundations of the democratic legitimacy of our Union: the right of citizens to be directly and democratically represented in both the Council of Ministers and the Executive Board.
The third major EU institution is the European Council, which is made up of member states meeting for EU summits. In the EU Council itself, the Member States are represented by their governments, which are directly responsible for implementing EU legislation in their respective countries. Member States have the right to have their say in the Council of Ministers and the Executive Board, as well as in EU legislation, by sending their ministers to the Commission, the Executive Board and other EU institutions.
There is also a body called the Council of Europe, but it is not an arm of the EU, and there are other bodies, such as the European Commission and the Commission’s executive board, which increase the potential for confusion.
The European Parliament has its origins in the Community legal order as a purely consultative parliamentary institution created by the 1951 Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). The Assembly was then composed of representatives from each Member State, elected by their parliament and appointed according to a procedure established by both. In 1951, the Statute of the Council of Europe was revised and adopted the principle of a parliamentary assembly, although it considerably watered down its responsibilities.
The High Authority has been provided with a counterweight by the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the Economic and Monetary Affairs Commission.
Members of the European Parliament serve for five years and divide their time between the parliaments in Brussels and Strasbourg, as well as the European Commission and the Economic and Monetary Commission.
The Parliament as a whole fulfils three core functions: it establishes the EU budget, reviews the EU institutions and adopts EU law. Only the European Commission can propose legislation, with the ministers of the EU member states, consisting of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, having the task of voting on amended draft laws. The European Parliament is holding planned emergency plenary sessions to approve the “European Commission Coronavirus Package.”
Members would have to be present in the Chamber to vote, but special measures have been introduced to allow politicians to make their decisions remotely.
The European Parliament said in a statement: “To fulfil its role, the Parliament is doing everything in its power to accelerate the implementation of this initiative. The MEP, who sits in the Green Group, insisted on democratic life in the European Parliament. Outgoing MEP Franck Proust (EPP) said a MEP’s mandate is to do politics differently.
The moment I leave my seat as a Member of the European Parliament, I prefer the second philosophy, but I have not completely given up the fight for Europe.
The European Parliament was established in 1958 as a Joint Assembly and originally consisted of representatives elected by the national parliaments of the EU member states. The main theme of the inaugural meeting was the election of the President.
It should be noted that all 751 Members of the European Parliament belong to this unique body. Members of the European Parliament sit in the parliaments of the EU Member States as well as in the Council of Europe and the United Nations. However, a significant number of members are not members of any transnational group and are represented by representatives of the Member States, the European Commission and the European Central Bank.
Parliaments that have been directly elected by citizens of EU member states since 1979 are democratically legitimised supranational institutions. In the last legislative period, more than 1100 laws were passed, which have since been adopted by the national parliaments of the individual member states. These laws were passed by members at the same time as the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the United Nations.
The First Chamber of the European Council, which is represented by the Member States, is governed by the Council of Europe and is the main body for the implementation of EU law and policy in the EU and represents the Member States.

The Finnish Presidency reminded Member States that 45% is achievable under current policies and asked them to consider steps in this process as part of the preparation of an updated Communication on EU commitments in Paris. On the other hand, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy said earlier this month that “the EU should focus on achieving what it has agreed, rather than introducing new targets.” The EU’s 2030 targets, which underpin its commitments under the Paris Agreement, have been supported by European Commission Vice-President Antonio Guterres, EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Change Arias Oettinger and the Commission’s Secretary of State for Environment and Energy.
The central message of the respondents was that the European Union should try to reduce or even eliminate tax competition in EU member states. Various possible solutions have been proposed, ranging from eliminating unfair competition between Member States to reducing the number of EU tax laws and introducing new taxes. Although this was not on the EU’s original priority list in 2014, there were a number of EU tax laws proposed during the Juncker Commission’s 2014-19 mandate, as well as the implementation of a new tax law.
This message may seem surprising, but it reflects the fact that if the European Union wants to compete with other regions and maintain a common currency, its members must avoid pursuing fiscal policies in order to compete. Digitalisation is crucial for the EU, which is and will remain a key component of its long-term economic and political strategy.
Although the European Commission (EC) has a key role to play in strengthening the coherence of member states’ policies, many of the key levers of innovation are still in the hands of individual member states. It points out that only 8% is spent on research and innovation and only 3.5% on education and health.
The Council is appointed by the European Parliament, which elects the President of the European Commission and makes it possible for Europe’s main priorities to be decided jointly. The Council also appoints persons to the top posts in the EU, including the Head of State or Government, the Vice-President and the Secretary-General, who are then confirmed by a vote of all EU Member States and by votes in the European Parliament.
The third major EU institution is the European Council, which is made up of member states meeting for EU summits. Member States have the right to reject EU legislation by sending their ministers to the Council to vote on the proposed EU law, the final decision of the EU Council. The Commissioners meet only once a year, while the governments of the Member States, which are directly elected by the people of Europe, decide whether to accept or reject the proposals.
There is also another body, the Council of Europe, but it is not an arm of the EU, and there are no EU Commissioners or a Member State responsible for one of several policy areas. Adding to the potential confusion is the fact that the European Commission is run on a day-to-day basis and governed by the Commission itself.
In addition, the Commission also refers to the entire management body supporting the Commissioners, consisting of the Directorates-General and the services.
The Commission’s role is to monitor whether EU legislation is correctly implemented in all Member States. One of the main objectives of the EU policies enforced by the Commission is competition and the internal market. The Commission decides whether a major merger or acquisition contributes dangerously to the creation of a monopoly. Member States grant unjustified state aid to industry, in particular in the case of monopolies, unfair competition or monopolistic practices.
The European Commission represents the EU in negotiations with other major international players such as the United States, China, Russia, Japan, India and South Korea. EU member states in order to increase bargaining power and competitiveness in dealing with them and with each other, as well as with other important international actors.
Forming a single EU voice requires the European Union to have no member states or governments acting on its behalf in the trade sphere. Acting as a bloc could enable the EU to negotiate more effectively with other major international players such as the United States, China, Russia, Japan, India and South Korea, and would undoubtedly play an important role in this process.
European legislation as implemented by the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe. European legislation and its implementation by decisions of the EU Council and the EU Parliament.
In the day-to-day operations of the Commission, they are carried out by Commission staff, lawyers and economists organised in departments known as Directorates-General (DG). The College of Commissioners is composed of eight Vice-Presidents, including the President, the Commissioners of the Member States and the Council of Europe, and the Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs.