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	The European Parliament
		Parliament thus expresses the democratic will of the Union's citizens (more than 490 million people), and represents their interests in discussions with the other EU institutions.
		Parliament also provides impetus for new legislation by examining the Commission’s annual work programme, considering what new laws would be appropriate and asking the Commission to put forward proposals.
		Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control (COCOBU) monitors how the budget is spent, and each year Parliament decides whether to approve the Commission’s handling of the budget for the previous financial year.
	europa.eu /institutions/inst/parliament/index_en.htm (950 words)

	European Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Apportionment in the European Parliament is not strictly on the basis of population.
		Parliament may amend and block legislation in those policy areas that fall under the codecision procedure, which currently make up about three quarters of EU legislative acts.
		Although Brussels is generally treated as the 'capital' of the European Union, and the two institutions of the EU's executive, the Commission and the Council of Ministers, both have their seats there, a protocol attached to the Treaty of Amsterdam requires that the European Parliament have monthly sessions in Strasbourg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/EU_Parliament (1650 words)

	PARLIAMENT and EU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In order that Parliament may, through the Grand Committee, guide the activities of the Government at the Council of the Union, an effort is made to formulate the view of the Grand Committee before the consideration of the U matter begins in the organs which prepare the decisions of the Council.
		The decisions of Parliament relating to the approval and ratification of amendments to the treaties of the EU are prepared by the Foreign Affairs Committee.
		EU matters that are being debated in the Union in early stages of the decision -making process may, by a decision of the Speaker s Council, also be submitted for consideration at a plenary session of Parliament.
	www.eduskunta.fi /efakta/opas/tiedotus/esiteen7.htm (2067 words)

	EUROPA - European Union institutions and other bodies - European Parliament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Parliament thus expresses the democratic will of the Union's citizens (more than 455 million people), and it represents their interests in discussions with the other EU institutions.
		Parliament also provides impetus for new legislation by examining the Commission’s annual work programme, considering what new laws would be appropriate and asking the Commission to put forward proposals.
		Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control (COCOBU) monitors how the budget is spent, and each year Parliament decides whether to approve the Commission’s handling of the budget for the previous financial year.
	europa.eu.int /institutions/parliament/index_en.htm (869 words)

	The EU Parliament
		They also approve the annual EU budget, question Ministers and Commissioners, debate issues affecting the European Union and draw attention to the problems of their constituents.
		The Commission is the executive of the EU and is run by a college of Commissioners, picked jointly by the President of the Commission and national governments for a five year period, and approved by the European Parliament.
		The power and roles of the various EU bodies, including the European Parliament, were originally set out in the 1957 Treaty of Rome.
	www.davidsumberg.com /the_european_parliament.htm (532 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| EU parliament backs anti-terror warrant
		The European Parliament yesterday overwhelmingly backed the controversial new anti-terrorism measures agreed after September 11 and defeated a call for a key civil liberties safeguard.
		The arrest warrant, endorsed by 414 of the 626 MEPs, is a highly integrationist step in a normally closely-guarded area of national sovereignty and the jewel in the crown of the EU's response to September 11.
		"If parliament rejects the amendment, your constituents will be deprived of a legal remedy that has for centuries been considered as an essential bulwark of their liberty." they were warned.
	www.guardian.co.uk /eu/story/0,7369,646095,00.html (320 words)

	USATODAY.com - EU parliament presses 48-hour workweek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Advocates in the EU parliament of the proposed labor reform said Wednesday's vote was aimed at restoring public confidence in European social values.
		EU employment ministers are set to discuss the issue again at a meeting in Luxembourg in June.
		In addition to Britain, eight countries, including EU heavyweight Germany, are in favor of retaining the opt-out, said Stephen Hughes, a British Labour Party member of the European parliament.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-05-11-eu-labor_x.htm (753 words)

	The European Union (Collections Bibliography)
		Articles indexed may be in any of the EU Official Languanges, A and B series are indexed in english.
		Indexes COM Documents of the Commission of the EU, the Reports and working papers of the European Parliament, and the Opinions and Reports of the Economic and Social Committee.
		Cited as "PE Doc," these documents and working papers of the European Parliament are indexed in these are indexed in the Documents Catalog, in European Access (selectively) and in the SCAD Bibliography.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /doemoff/gov_eugde.html (1742 words)

	EU Council of Ministers and Software Patents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		But these are in danger of being set aside at a meeting of the EU's Competitiveness Council of Ministers in May. Senior patent officials from across Europe are already trying to "negotiate" a script for the meeting to follow.
		It is believed that the UK government is pressing hard for the Council to reject all but a very few of the most cosmetic of the Parliament's amendments, and instead to closely follow its previous November 2002 draft text, which is even worse than the infamous McCarthy report.
		The European Parliament's rules for second reading make it far more difficult for MEPs to fix a bad text from the Council, because any amendments need an absolute majority of all of the 623 elected MEPs -- ie usually far more than 50% of those actually voting in the chamber.
	www.ffii.org.uk /council.html (1197 words)

	Speech to the EU Parliament (23 June 2005)
		Speech to the EU Parliament (23 June 2005)
		In addition, I would be happy to consult the Parliament before each Council, so as to have the benefit of the views of the European Parliament before Council deliberations.
		The broad sweep of history is on the side of the EU.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page7714.asp (2804 words)

	EU Governance: Commission, Council, Parliament
		EU foreign minister is one of the central provisions of the constitution rejected by French voters on Sunday.
		Both agreed that the EU influence in the UN is expected to increase further when the European bloc expands to 25 countries from the current 15 next year.
		Henning Christophersen, a former EU Commissioner representing the Danish government in the Convention said he is worried because the EU foreign minister would hold "the right to initiative and at the same time lead the negotiations and implement the decisions".
	www.cybertime.net /~ajgood/egov.html (7335 words)

	JURIST - Paper Chase: International brief ~ EU Parliament calls for national referendums on European Constitution
		The constitution, which was approved by the 25 EU leaders in June, must be approved by either a referendum or a majority in each member state's legislature.
		EU representatives from Britain have expressed indignation that the European Parliament would try and force the hands of the national governments on when the referendum must be held.
		At a National Forum for Europe meeting held in Ireland, Annan pointed out that less than 10 percent of all peacekeeping forces come from EU countries, and in Africa the ratio falls to less than 5 percent; he added that forces were desperately needed for UN peacekeeping, where demand is rapidly outstripping supply.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2004/10/international-brief-eu-parliament.php (655 words)

	EUpolitix.com – EU - European Union: European Parliament, MEPs, European Commission & legislation news
		The EU wine industry has been urged to switch its focus from producers to consumers in order to compete with the growing popularity of New World wine.
		EU institutions need to develop a “service culture” in order to bridge the well-documented democratic deficit with European citizens.
		When it comes to cutting red tape, the EU and its member states could learn a thing or two from Belgium.
	www.theparliament.com /EN (508 words)

	Planet Ark : EU Parliament backs broad ban on animal testing
		EU governments, while in favour of halting testing on animals in the EU, oppose an import ban on all cosmetic products tested on animals outside the bloc.
		If Parliament's version of the law is finally agreed, it could end testing within the EU from 2005 and ban products from abroad tested on animals five years after the law comes into effect, probably late 2007.
		EU Industry Commissioner Erkki Liikanen told deputies before the vote it would be better to seek the support of WTO members first for animal welfare to be considered sympathetically in trade relations, although he conceded EU efforts in this area had generated little support to date.
	www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/16381/story.htm (772 words)

	EU parliament votes for total ban on tobacco advertising -- Watson 325 (7375): 1260 -- BMJ
		EU parliament votes for total ban on tobacco advertising
		The European Union is on course to impose a total ban on tobacco advertising in newspapers and magazines and on the radio and internet within three years.
		The draft legislation received a large majority in the European parliament on 20 November and will now be considered by EU governments.
	bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/extract/325/7375/1260/a (178 words)

	EPIC Page on EU-US Airline Passenger Data Disclosure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In a legislative resolution, EP committee members have rejected the conclusion of the transatlantic agreement and called on the Council of the EU to refrain from concluding it until the Court of Justice has delivered its opinion on the compatibility with the Treaty of the EU.
		European Parliament, Resolution on transfer of personal data by airlines in the case of transatlantic flights (March 13, 2003).
		European Parliament, Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, Report on the initiative of the Kingdom of Spain with a view to the adoption of a Council directive on the obligation of carriers to communicate passenger data (March 19, 2004).
	www.epic.org /privacy/intl/passenger_data.html (6670 words)

	EU Parliament Votes for Real Limits on Patentability
		In its plenary vote on the 24th of September, the European Parliament approved the proposed directive on "patentability of computer-implemented inventions" with amendments that clearly restate the non-patentability of programming and business logic, and uphold freedom of publication and interoperation.
		The members of the European Parliament deserve thanks for their efforts in understanding the social consequences of this admittedly difficult technical decision.
		In 2002 the patent administrators of the Council pushed for unlimited patentability, although according to the procedural rules of EU legislation it was not yet their turn.
	swpat.ffii.org /news/03/plen0924/index.en.html (1560 words)

	EU Parliament forgives Council for adopting patent directive - ZDNet UK News
		The EU Council adopted the draft software patent directive on 7 March, despite the European Parliament's (EP) request to restart work on the directive.
		The EP later decided to investigate whether the EU Council broke procedural rules in adopting the directive, which it is claimed will allow the widespread patenting of software in Europe.
		If the directive had been restarted, as was requested by the Parliament, it would have been easier for changes to be agreed as the first reading requires only a simple majority of votes cast.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /business/0,39020645,39193312,00.htm (665 words)

	UK Parliament - Parliament Home Page
		Parliament is prorogued, marking the end of the parliamentary session.
		Lords European Union Committee says too many EU wine producers are not responding to changes in consumers' wine drinking habits and tastes in recent years
		Publication of allowances claimed by Members of Parliament and Members of the Lords
	www.parliament.uk (458 words)

	IP Justice: Media Release - Strasbourg Artists and Consumers Rally for Digital Rights 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The meeting is set for 8 March, 2004 in Strasbourg, France, where a broad coalition will urge EU Members of Parliament to reject the controversial directive due to its excessive treatment of users and consumers for minor and non-commercial infringements.
		Consumers and users from all over the EU are invited to attend the meeting in Strasbourg on 8 March to support upholding traditional civil liberties against the over-zealous enforcement of intellectual property rights.
		The meeting will be held just outside the EU Parliament Building at 16:30-18:30, when the Members of Parliament arrive for the evening’s debate.
	www.ipjustice.org /CODE/release20040302_en.shtml (739 words)

	Vitamin Consumers Crash EU Parliament's Server
		The effort to kill the EU Vitamin Directive was (at least in THEORY) "defeated" yesterday March 13, 2002 in the EU Parliament with 383 votes for the Directive, 139 against it, and 19 abstentions.
		Thus the EU Parliament is mindlessly on course to create the world's biggest fl market, and the biggest rise in organized crime the world has ever seen, even if doing so puts consumers at risk from unsafe fl market products.
		There is no way the EU Parliament possibly COULD have done EITHER of these things, and it will be ILLEGAL if the European Commission signs the Directive into law in May. Vitamin consumers world wide must let members of the European Parliament AND the pharmaceutically dominated vitamin trade associations know their feelings.
	www.iahf.com /europe/20020314a.html (1758 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| EU parliament head to step down
		Mr Cox confirmed he would not stand in next month's elections for the EU assembly as he addressed parliament's last session before the ballot.
		EU leaders are expected to decide the Commission's next president by next month.
		He was elected president of the European Parliament in January 2002.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3686833.stm (318 words)

	EU Parliament For China Arms Embargo \| Current Affairs \| Deutsche Welle \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Although officially the European Parliament's hands are tied regarding armaments questions, parliamentarians increasingly see it as their duty to comment on controversial developments.
		MEPs called on the EU Council and member states to maintain the EU embargo with China and not to weaken the existing national limitations on such arm sales.
		While he added that the embargo is a matter for the leaders of EU member states, he was adamant that he did not want the embargo to be cancelled.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,1400220,00.html (759 words)

	EU Citizens' Rights - European Parliament Office in Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Each citizen of an EU Member State is automatically an EU citizen.
		Europe Direct is a freephone helpline for citizens who need practical information on their rights when they are travelling in the EU or working in another Member State.
		The European Commission Representation in Ireland has a legal advisor who provides information and responds to practical queries from Irish citizens on their rights under EU law.
	www.europarl.ie /eu.html (295 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Dutch defy EU on election results
		The Commission says the early release violates an EU imposed embargo to prevent the results in one country influencing voters in another.
		The EU extended its frontiers to include 10 new members on 1 May this year and the elections across the 25 members make it the world's biggest trans-national poll.
		The European Parliament was designed as a democratic counterweight to the European Commission, whose members are appointed, not elected.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3792877.stm (596 words)

	EU government; Parliament; Commission; Netherlands
		While the EU Council of Ministers are yet to discuss the measure, EU member states are required to consider the stance of the EP.
		With Europe under a heightened state of alert, the EU was expected to create a new "Mr Terrorism" post to coordinate security stategy in the wake of Europe's worst act of terror since the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing.
		This is window-dressing, as the eParliament is subject to a bureaucratic Parliament which is subject to the bureaucracies of the Commission and Councils...all of which are subject to the "one voice".
	www.cybertime.net /~ajgood/egov3.html (5360 words)

	EU Parliament Member: (Palestinian) Intifada is European Proxy War Against America
		EU Member of Parliament Ilka Schroeder delivered an address entitled, “The European Union, Israel, and Palestinian Terrorism” at the Center for German Studies of Ben Gurion University on Monday.
		While MP Schroeder's call for accountability in EU funding was supported by nearly one quarter of the 626-member parliament, she appears grimly convinced that her efforts to expose anti-Zionism, which she sees as Europe's polite version of anti-Semitism, has come to naught.
		Plus the EU has poor oversight on the money...makes it easier for Arafat to kick back some to her fellow Eurocrats.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1045687/posts (1387 words)

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