Research topic: European Parliament

European Parliament a branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU). It convenes on a monthly basis in Strasbourg, France; most meetings of the separate parliamentary committees are held in Brussels, Belgium, and its Secretariat is located in Luxembourg. Its expansion over the years has followed that of the EU; in 2004, with the admission of ten new nations to the EU, the parliament reached to its current membership of 788. Since 1979, the members sent by each nation have been directly elected by its citizens for five-year terms. Once elected, members are grouped according to p... Read more