Authors
Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services, European Parliament, Kotanidis, Silvia, Mańko, Rafał, Mildebrath, Hendrik, Del Monte, Micaela, Toft, Søren Sebastian
- Catalogue number
- QA-01-24-015-EN-N
- Citation
- European Parliament: Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services, Kotanidis, S., MaÅko, R., Mildebrath, H., Del Monte, M. et al., The evolving powers of the European Parliament , European Parliament, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2861/6341019
- DOI
- https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2861/6341019
- ISBN
- 978-92-848-2255-3
- Pages
- 39
- Published in
- Belgium
- Themes
- Activities of the institutions and bodies
Table of Contents
- 1. The evolving institution 7
- Treaty provisions on democratic principles 7
- 2. Law-making powers 8
- Figure 1 – Legislative resolutions adopted in plenary 8
- 2.1. Ordinary legislative procedure and special legislative procedures 9
- Figure 2 – Ordinary legislative procedure (OLP) 9
- Figure 3 – Average length of ordinary legislative procedure 9
- Figure 4 – Number of trilogue meetings 11
- 2.2. Delegated and implementing acts24F 12
- 2.2.1. Delegated acts: Ex ante and ex post control powers 12
- 2.2.2. Implementing acts 14
- 2.3. International agreements 15
- 2.3.1. Involvement at the negotiation stage 15
- 2.3.2. Power to request ex ante judicial review of the agreement 15
- 2.3.3. Power to give or refuse consent 16
- 2.3.4. Power to seek ex post judicial review 16
- 3. Budgetary powers 17
- 3.1. Proposals for reform 19
- 3.1.1. Introduction of new budgetary rules of procedure 19
- 3.1.2. Budgetary considerations for the future 20
- 4. Scrutiny powers 21
- 4.1. Right to question the Commission 21
- 4.2. Special scrutiny hearings 22
- 4.3. Right of inquiry 23
- 4.4. Special committees 24
- 4.5. Scrutiny of executive law-making by the Commission 24
- 4.6. Motion of censure 24
- Regulation on the right of inquiry 23
- 5. Appointing powers 25
- 5.1. Investiture of the European Commission 25
- 5.2. Other institutions, bodies and agencies 27
- 6. Agenda-setting 28
- 7. Powers in relation to the EU's constitutional foundations 30
- 7.1. Overview of powers 30
- 7.2. Parliament's proposals for reform 30
- 7.3. Parliament's role in breach of values procedures (Article 7 TEU) 32
- Annex I – Overview of Parliament's powers and their legal basis 34
- Annex II - Parliament's roles in appointment procedures 36