European Parliament

The European Parliament is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union, it adopts... Wikipedia

• Type:  De facto lower house, of bicameral legislature
• Term limits:  No
• Founded:  September 10, 1952
• Preceded by:  Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
• President:  Roberta Metsola, EPP, Since 18 January 2022
• Vice-Presidents:  First Vice-President, Othmar Karas, EPP, other Vice-Presidents: See List, since 18 January 2022
• Secretary-General:  Alessandro Chiocchetti, Since 1 January 2023
• Seats:  705
• Political groups:  EPP (178): S&D (141): Renew (101): Greens/EFA (72): ECR (66): ID (60): The Left (37): NI (50)
• Length of term:  5 years
• Salary:  €8,932.86 monthly
• Voting system:  Chosen by member state, Systems include, Party list PR, STV in Ireland and Malta, de facto FPTP/SMP, (only in the German-speaking, electoral college in Belgium)
• First election:  7–10 June 1979
• Last election:  23–26 May 2019
• Next election:  2024
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo