European Parliament Study organization and operation
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currently is composed of 626 members, allocated as follows: 99 for Germany, 87 for Italy, France and the United Kingdom, 64 for Spain, 31 for the Netherlands, 25 for Portugal, Greece and Belgium 22 for Sweden, 21 for Austria, 16 for Denmark and Finland, 15 for Ireland and 6 for Luxembourg. ORGANIZATION
1.
governing bodies are constituted by the Bureau (the President and fourteen Vice-Presidents), the Conference of Presidents (the President and the chairmen of political groups), the five Quaestors, responsible for financial and administrative matters directly affecting Members, the Conference of Committee Chairmen and the Conference of Delegation Chairmen. The term of office of President, Vice-Presidents and Quaestors is two years.
2. Parliamentary committees and delegations
members spread over 17 parliamentary committees, 20 interparliamentary delegations and 14 delegations to joint parliamentary committees, to which is added to the Joint Assembly, constituted in the framework of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union.
Each committee or delegation elected for a period of two and a half his "table", consisting of a chairman and two or three vice presidents.
3. Political groups
members are not in national delegations but transnational groups according to their political affinities.
According to rules, the minimum number of Members required to form a political group is 29 if they belong to a single Member State, 23 if they come from two Member States of 18 if they come from three Member States and 14 if they come from four countries (see table). The political groups hold regular meetings during the week preceding the part-session or during it, and study days during which determine the main principles of community action. Various political families have founded political parties at European level, for example, the European People's Party, the Party of European Socialists and the European Liberal Party and Democratic Party, whose action takes place in close liaison with political groups for the European Parliament. The vocation of the European political parties to contribute to forming a European awareness and to expressing the political will of the citizens of the Union is recognized by Article 191 (138a) of the EC Treaty, inserted by the Maastricht Treaty . The EP calls for the creation of an environment that is conducive to their development, including the adoption of certain provisions of framework legislation. OPERATION
Within the framework established by the Treaty, Parliament organizes its work independently. Establishes its rules of procedure by a majority of its component members [article 195 (142) EC]. Unless otherwise provided in the Treaties, the European Parliament decided by an absolute majority of votes cast [Article 198 (144) of the EC Treaty]. Freely set the agenda of the plenary session, devoted mainly to the adoption of reports (prepared by parliamentary committees), the questions the Commission and the Council, emergency debates and Presidency statements. Plenary sessions are public.
PLACE AND WORKPLACE
Since July 7, 1981, the Parliament has adopted several resolutions concerning its headquarters in which he asked the governments of the Member States to respect the obligation under in the Treaties to establish a single seat for the institutions. Given the lack of response from Member States, the EP adopted a series of decisions regarding their organization and their work places (Luxembourg, Strasbourg and Brussels).
occasion of the European Council in Edinburgh on 11 and 12 December 1992, the Governments of the Member States reached agreement on the seats of the institutions under which:
* PE is located in Strasbourg, which hosts the twelve periods of monthly sessions, including the budget session;
* the additional plenary sessions are held in Brussels commission
* parliamentary meeting in Brussels
* General Secretariat and its services remain in Luxembourg.
This decision was criticized by the EP. However, the Court of Justice (Case of October 1, 1997 - C345195) confirmed that the decision determining the seat of Parliament in accordance with Article 289 (216) EC. The content of the decision was included in the Treaty of Amsterdam in the form of a Protocol to the EU Treaties, which Parliament regretted.
Calendar of part-sessions is set by Parliament each year on a proposal from the Conference of Presidents. In 1999, Parliament held partial eleven periods a week in Strasbourg and five two days in Brussels. In 2000, the official calendar provides twelve periods of six sessions in Strasbourg and Brussels. Source: europarl.europa.eu
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