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The European Union European Parliament • The European Parliament (EP) is the only representative body in the world directly elected by citizens from different countries (all EU Member States). • El Elections ti are hheld ld every fi five years, andd every EU citizen iti iis entitled titl d tto vote, and to stand as a candidate, wherever they live in the EU. • Every month the EP meets to discuss the new laws being proposed by the European Commission. If the EP does not agree with the proposal, it can ask the European Commission to change it. • The present parliament has 736 members from all 27 EU countries. • The European Parliament was set up in the 1950s under the EU’s The European Parliament was set up in the 1950s under the EU s founding treaties and has its seat in Strasbourg.
The European Union Council of the European Union • The Council is one of the two main decision-makingg bodies of the EU (the other being the European Parliament). • It represents the member states, and its meetings are attended by one minister from each of the EU’s EU s national governments governments. • Which ministers attend what meeting depends on what subjects are on the agenda. If, for example, the Council is to discuss environmental issues, the meeting will be attended by the Environment Minister from each EU country and it will be known as the ‘Environment Council’. • The Council of the European Union was set up in the 1950s under the • The Council of the European Union was set up in the 1950s under the EU’s founding treaties and has its seat in Brussels.
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