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My internship at the European Parliament

About the European Parliament

About the European Parliament


Directly elected by EU voters every 5 years Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent the people Parliament is a law-making institution

About the European Parliament


The European Parliament has three main roles:

debating and passing European laws, with the Council scrutinising other EU institutions to make sure they are working
democratically

debating and adopting the EU's budget, with the Council.

Multilingualism in the European Parliament


all languages are equally important all parliamentary documents are published in all the official languages of the
European Union (EU)

right to speak in the official language of his/her choice.

Organisation and Work of the EP



The President MEPs

Political groups
Committees Delegations

Where to find the EP?


The European Parliament has three places of work

Meetings of the whole Parliament (plenary sessions) take place in


Strasbourg and in Brussels.

Luxembourg is home to the administrative offices (the General Secretariat).

The EP in Strasbourg

The EP in Brussels

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