{"id":1771,"date":"2013-03-13T14:20:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T14:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/?page_id=1771"},"modified":"2017-04-20T10:01:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T10:01:19","slug":"legislative-powers-of-the-european-parliament","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/learning\/module-1-understanding-eu-institutions\/the-european-parliament\/legislative-powers-of-the-european-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative powers of the European Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the video to remind yourself of the function of the European Parliament in the legislative process:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pgAV9HdAEvg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Although the Parliament cannot draw up the proposals for new laws, as you probably remember from the European Commission section, the Parliament can shape the proposals by :<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>sending its representative to the drafting meetings of the Commission.<\/li>\n<li>publishing reports to draw the Commission\u2019s attention to the issue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"right\">(McCormick, 2011 B, p. 215)<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Since the Maastricht Treaty, the Parliament plays a key role in the legislative process. Under the co-decision procedure, it acts as a joint legislator together with the Council of Ministers. The Lisbon Treaty renamed the co-decision as the \u2018ordinary legislative procedure\u2019 (Shackleton, 2012, p. 136). We already studied this procedure while discussing the role of the Council of Ministers, but please analyse the picture below to better understand the role of the Parliament:<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/theordinarylegislativeprocedure_diagram-01-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4170 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/theordinarylegislativeprocedure_diagram-01-1-489x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/theordinarylegislativeprocedure_diagram-01-1-489x1024.jpg 489w, https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/theordinarylegislativeprocedure_diagram-01-1-143x300.jpg 143w, https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/theordinarylegislativeprocedure_diagram-01-1.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the video to remind yourself of the function of the European Parliament in the legislative process: \u00a0Although the Parliament cannot draw up the proposals for new laws, as you probably remember from the European Commission section, the Parliament can shape the proposals by : sending its representative to the drafting meetings of the Commission.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/learning\/module-1-understanding-eu-institutions\/the-european-parliament\/legislative-powers-of-the-european-parliament\/\" title=\"Read More\"> <span class=\"button \">Read More<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":289,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1771","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legislative powers of the European Parliament - European Studies Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hum.port.ac.uk\/europeanstudieshub\/learning\/module-1-understanding-eu-institutions\/the-european-parliament\/legislative-powers-of-the-european-parliament\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legislative powers of the European Parliament - European Studies Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch the video to remind yourself of the function of the European Parliament in the legislative process: \u00a0Although the Parliament cannot draw up the proposals for new laws, as you probably remember from the European Commission section, the Parliament can shape the proposals by : sending its representative to the drafting meetings of the Commission. 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