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European Union: European Parliament

The European Parliament is the only directly-elected body of the European Union. The 785 Members of the European Parliament. They are elected once every five years by voters right across the 27 Member States of the European Union on behalf of its 492 million citizens. Parliament plays an active role in drafting legislation. For example, on environmental protection, consumer rights, equal opportunities, transport, and the free movement of workers, capital, services and goods. Parliament also has joint power with the Council over the annual budget of the European Union. Website: www.europarl.europa.eu/
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Report on EU Strategy for the Horn of Africa Committee on Foreign Affairs

12 December 2012 | Publisher: European Union: European Parliament | Document type: Regional Reports

Report on the review of the EU's human rights strategy

19 November 2012 | Publisher: European Union: European Parliament | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report on the annual report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2011 and the European Union's policy on the matter

19 November 2012 | Publisher: European Union: European Parliament | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report on the EU's mutual defence and solidarity clauses: political and operational dimensions

30 October 2012 | Publisher: European Union: European Parliament | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on establishing common visa restrictions for Russian officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case

26 September 2012 | Publisher: European Union: European Parliament | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly

5 June 2012 | Publisher: European Union: European Parliament | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World and the European Union's policy on the matter, including implications for the EU's strategic human rights policy

30 March 2012 | Publisher: European Union: European Parliament | Document type: Thematic Reports

European Parliament resolution of 15 March 2012 on the situation in Nigeria

15 March 2012 | Publisher: European Union: European Parliament | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Main trends in the recent case law of the EU Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights in the field of fundamental rights

2012 | Publisher: European Union: European Parliament | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast)

20 December 2011 | Publisher: European Union: European Parliament | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

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