©2007 European Parliament, Visits and Seminars Unit European Parliament Structure and Powers...

©2007 European Parliament, Visits and Seminars Unit

European ParliamentStructure and Powers

presented at the Hanoi European Studies Institute

on 14/12/2009

Gergely POLNERDG Communication

[email protected]

20020099 Visits and Seminars Unit Visits and Seminars UnitDG DG COMMUNICATIONCOMMUNICATION

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTEUROPEAN PARLIAMENT


European Union

New Member States (2007)

Candidate countries

EU 25 (2004)


The European Union

European Communities

Internal Market,Agriculture,

Structural Operations,Monetary Union

COMMONDECISIONMAKING

European Communities

Internal Market,Agriculture,

Structural Operations,Monetary Union

COMMONDECISIONMAKING

Common Foreign and

SecurityPolicy

INTER-GOVERNMENTALCOOPERATION

Common Foreign and

SecurityPolicy

INTER-GOVERNMENTALCOOPERATION

Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters

Third pillar mergedinto the first pillarwith the entry into

force of the Lisbon Treaty

Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters

Third pillar mergedinto the first pillarwith the entry into

force of the Lisbon Treaty

THE EUROPEAN UNIONTHE EUROPEAN UNION


Institutional triangle

European Parliament

754 members representing the European citizens

Adoption of legislation and budget

Democratic supervision

European Commission

27 commissioners

Right of initiative

Implementation of the European policies and budget

Council of the EU

27 ministers representing the Member States

Adoption of legislation and budget

Concluding international agreements


Lisbon Treaty

European Parliament

Co-decision: ordinary legislative procedure

More control over the budget

European Commission

Subsidiarity check by national parliaments

Citizens’ initiative

Council of the EU

More voting by qualified majority

2014: double majority


Lisbon Treaty

President of the European Council

Herman Van Rompuy

High Representative &Vice-President of the Commission

Catherine Ashton


The Presidencies of EU Institutions

The Presidency of the Council of the European UnionThe Presidency of the Council of the European Union

SwedenSwedenJuly - December 200July - December 20099

Czech RepublicCzech RepublicJanuaryJanuary - - JuneJune 200 20099

SpainSpainJanuaryJanuary - - JuneJune 2010 2010

President of the President of the European ParliamentEuropean Parliament

Mr Jerzy Buzek Mr Jerzy Buzek

President of the President of the European CommissionEuropean Commission

Mr Jose Manuel BarrosoMr Jose Manuel Barroso


Industry groupsConsumer groups

Environmental NGOs

Citizens

MEPs’ constituency politics & priorities

National governments’ political cultures/priorities

UN

WTO ILO UNEP IEAWHOIMO

UNECEEuropean Council

USA

European Commission

Council of Ministers

European Parliament

…

MEDIA

EEA

EU Agencies

Think Tanks

‘Brussels Rules OK’ – (The Economist, 22 Sept. 2007)


Budgetary power

Parliament decides the EU annual budget together with

the Council

Enlargement decisions

Parliament‘s assent is required for the accession of

any new Member States

Legislative power

Most EU laws are adopted jointly by the European

Parliament and the Council of the EU

Parliamentary control

Parliament supervises other EU institutions and can pass a

vote of no-confidence in the European Commission

European Parliament Parliament’s powers


European Parliament Total Seats

20092004732

Treaty of Nice

2007 785

Romania and BulgariaAccession

736Treaty of Nice

+ Accession Treaty (RO & BG)

751Treaty of

Lisbon

2010754

736 + increase in seats as mentioned by Lisbon Treaty


Member State Seats Member State Seats

Germany AustriaFrance Bulgaria United Kingdom Denmark Italy Finland Spain SlovakiaPoland Ireland Romania Lithuania Netherlands Latvia Belgium Slovenia Czech Rep. Estonia Greece Cyprus Hungary Luxemburg Portugal Malta Sweden

Seat repartitionfrom the 1/12/2009 until the next European elections

754754

9974737354 513326222222222220

191813131312 12986666


European Parliament Seats per Member State in EU27

MEMBER MEMBERSTATE STATE

Germany Austria France Bulgaria United Kingdom Denmark Italy FinlandSpain Slovakia Poland IrelandRomania Lithuania Netherlands Latvia Belgium Slovenia Czech Estonia Greece Cyprus Hungary Luxembourg Portugal Malta Sweden

EU27 2007

18181414 141313976665

EU272009

Lisbon 9974737354 513326222222222220

EU272009

Lisbon 1918131313 1212986666

EU272009 Nice

9972727250 503325222222222218

EU27 2007

9978787854 543527242424242419

EU272009Nice

1717131313 1212876665

785 736 754


62

56

5048 47 46 46

4138 38 37 36 36 36 36

33 3332

3029

25 25 2522

1817

00

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Fin

land

Sw

eden

Est

onia

Net

herla

nds

Bul

garia

Den

mar

k

Fra

nce

Aus

tria

Slo

vaki

a

Latv

ia

Ger

man

y

Hun

gary

Rom

ania

Bel

gium

Por

tuga

l

UK

Cyp

rus

Gre

ece

Spa

in

Slo

veni

a

Lith

uani

a

Irel

and

Ital

y

Pol

and

Cze

ch r

ep

Luxe

mbo

urg

Mal

ta

Women in the EP

European Parliament 2009258 women35,1% seats


EP Elections Turnout per member state 2009

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

EU 43,1%


Political Groups

EPP: Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)

S&D: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

ALDE: Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Greens/EFA: Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance

EFP: Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group

Non-attached

Situation as of 15 July 2009

ECR: European Conservatives and Reformists Group

GUE/NGL: Confederal Group of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left

265

184

84

55

54

3532

27


Committees

• Committee on Foreign Affairs• Committee on Development• Committee on International Trade• Committee on Budgets• Committee on Budgetary Control• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection• Committee on Transport and Tourism• Committee on Regional Development• Committee on Agriculture• Committee on Fisheries• Committee on Culture and Education• Committee on Legal Affairs• Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs • Committee on Constitutional Affairs• Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality• Committee on Petitions

20


Delegations

EU-Croatia Gulf States, Yemen

EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Iran

EU-Turkey United States

EU-Mexico Canada

EU-Chile Central America

Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and European Economic Area Andean Community

Russia Mercosur

South East Europe Japan

Ukraine People´s Republic of China

Moldova Southeast Asia, ASEAN

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia

Korean Peninsula

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia Australia and New Zealand

Belarus South Africa

Israel NATO

Palestinian Legislative Council South Asia

Maghreb India

Mashreq Afghanistan

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LIST OF INTERGROUPS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

1. FIELDSPORTS, FISHING AND CONSERVATION2. WELFARE AND CONSERVATION OF ANIMALS3. FAMILLE ET PROTECTION DE L'ENFANCE4. BALTIC EUROPE5. FEDERALIST INTERGROUP FOR THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION6. TRADITIONAL NATIONAL MINORITIES CONSTITUTIONAL REGIONS AND REGIONAL LANGUAGES7. CINEMA, AUDIOVISUAL POLICY AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY8. FOURTH WORLD EUROPEAN COMMITTEE9. CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT10. TOURISME11. DISABILITY INTERGROUP12. TRADE UNION COORDINATION GROUP13. ANTI-RACISM AND DIVERSITY 14. SME (SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTREPRENEURS) 15. LESBIAN AND GAY INTERGROUP16. PRESS, COMMUNICATION AND FREEDOM17. TIBET 18. CIEL ET ESPACE19. GLOBALISATION INTERGROUP20. VITICULTURE-TRADITION-QUALITÉ 21. HEALTH AND CONSUMER 22. URBAN-LOGEMENT 23. AGEING


The European CommissionThe European Commission

Legislative power How co-decision works

Commission proposal

First reading in Council(Council position)

Conciliation committee(if necessary)

Second reading in Council(if necessary)

Second reading in Parliament(if necessary)

Final vote in third reading(if necessary)

Final vote in third reading(if necessary)

The Council The Council of the European Unionof the European Union

The European The European ParliamentParliament

First reading in Parliament(Parliament opinion)


Number of Codecision files Completed 1999-2007

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

1999-2000

2001-2002

2003-2004

2005-2006

Files Completed


Increasing number of official languages

1957 4

1973 7

1981 8

1986 10

1995 12

2004 21

2007 23


Tower of Babel ??


Number of possible

language combinations

for interpretation

BG

SV

FI

SL

SK

RO

PT

PLNL

MT HU LT

ESCS DA

LV

IT

GA

FR

EL

DE

ET

EN506 506 possible possible

combinationscombinations


SECRETARIATSECRETARIATThe European Parliament’s Secretariat is located in Luxembourg and Brussels

How the Parliament Works

COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETINGSMEETINGS

weeks allocated forparliamentary committee

meetings in Brussels

PLENARY PLENARY SESSIONSSESSIONS

12 part-sessionsin Strasbourg

5 additional sessions in Brussels

POLITICALPOLITICALGROUPSGROUPS12 weeks allocatedfor meetings of thepolitical groups in

Brussels

EXTERNALEXTERNALPARLIAMENTARYPARLIAMENTARYACTIVITIESACTIVITIES


EU AS A EU AS A GLOBAL GLOBAL PLAYERPLAYER

AGRICULTURALAGRICULTURALEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURE

OTHER EXPENDITUREOTHER EXPENDITUREINCL. ADMINISTRATIONINCL. ADMINISTRATION

SUSTAINABLE GROWTHSUSTAINABLE GROWTHCompetitivenessCompetitiveness

CohesionCohesion

CITIZENSHIP, FREEDOM, CITIZENSHIP, FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICESECURITY AND JUSTICE

45%45%

6%6%

EUR 133.8 billionEUR 133.8 billion31%31%

6%6% 11%11%1%1%

Budget of the European UnionFinancial year 2009

RURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL DEVELOPMENT

€ 2009


EU Budget RevenueFinancial year 2009

€ 2009

MiscellanousMiscellanousVAT-based VAT-based

resourceresource

Customs duties,Customs duties,agricultural duties,agricultural duties,and sugar levies and sugar levies

17%17%17%17% 1%1%

65%65%

GNI based resourceGNI based resource


Sakharov Prizefor Freedom of Thought

Sakharov Prize Winner 2009:

Russian civil rights defence organization Memorial and their three representatives Oleg Orlov, Sergei Kovalev and Lyudmila Alexeyeva, as well as all other human rights defenders in Russia.


EU Information on Internet

www.europarl.europa.eu

www.europa.eu

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