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The European Parliament

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Text Box:  The European Parliament is elected every 5 years by the adult citizens of the European Union. The present parliament has 732 members (MEPs) from all 25 EU countries. The president of the European Parliament is Mr. J. Borrell. The main job of the European Parliament is to pass the European laws. It shares this responsibility with the Council of the European Union. The proposals for new laws come from the European Commission. If the Parliament doesn't like the proposal for a certain law it can ask the Commission to change it. The main meetings of the European Parliament are held in Strasbourg or Brussels. Like all the other EU institutions, it works in all 20 official EU languages. The Parliament elects the European Ombudsman which investigates citizens’ complaints about maladministration by the EU institutions.  

                                                            

 © 2007 Andreea Silter, Department of English, School No. 191, Bucharest, Romania   

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