European Parliament

Have a little read: ... European Parliament In the words of the 1957 treaty of Rome, the European Parliament represents 'the peoples of the States brought together in the European Community'. There are a total of 626 representatives in the European Parliament, 87 of the representing the UK. France also has 87 representatives, and Germany has 99, which, between the most powerful countries in Europe, represents 43% of all the representatives. The first election of the representatives was in 1979. A new parliament is elected every 5 years. Each time a new treaty is signed, the European Parliament grows stronger, more powerful and more influential. Prior to the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, the parliament was only a consultative body, but with the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, and the 1997 Amsterdam Treaty, it has become a legislative parliament, with powers similar to the UK parliament. Currently, the president of the European Parliament is Nicole Fontaine. The UK's 87 representatives are listed below (In alphabetical Order) Gordon J. Adam Robert Atkins Elspeth Attwooll Richard A. Balfe Christopher J. P. Beazley Lord Bethell David Robert Bowe John Bowis Philip Charles Bradbourn Philip Bushill-Matthews Martin Callanan Michael Cashman Giles Bryan Chichester Nicholas Clegg Richard Corbett John Alexander Corrie Chris Davies Nirj Deva Den Dover Andrew Nicholas Duff James E. M. Elles Jillian Evans Jonathon Evans Robert J. E. Evans Nigel Paul Farage Glyn Ford Jacqueline Foster Neena Gill Robert Goodwill Daniel J. Hannan Malcolm Harbour Christopher Heaton-Harris Roger Helmer Michael John Holmes Mary Honeyball Richard Howitt Ian Stewart Hudghton Stephen Hughes Christopher Huhne John Hume Lord Inglewood Caroline F. Jackson Bashir Khanbhai Glenys Kinnock Timothy Kirkhope Jean Lambert Caroline Lucas Sarah Ludford Elizabeth Lynne Linda McAvan Arlene McCarthy Neil MacCormick Edward H. C. McMillan-Scott Eryl Margaret McNally David W. Martin Bill Milletr Claude Moraes Eluned Morgan Simon Francis Murphy William Francis Newton Dunn James Nicholson Baroness Nicholson Of Winterbourne Barbara O'Toole Ian R. K. Paisley Neil Parish Roy Perry James L.C. Provan John Purvis Imelda Mary Read Brian Simpson Peter William Skinner Struan Stevenson Catherine Stihler Earl Of Stockton Robert William Sturdy David Sumberg Charles Tannock Jeffrey William Titford Gary Titley Geoffrey Van Orden Theresa Villiers Diana Willis Graham R. Watson Mark Francis Watts Phillip Whitehead Eurig Wyn Terence Wynn How the European Parliament Works... The European Parliament meets and discusses in public. It publishes it's debates, resolutions, and opinions in the 'Official Journal Of The European Union'. For international relations, and official occasions, the President (Nicole Fontaine) represents the whole of the European Parliament. The president also chairs the bureau's meetings. The Bureau, in this case, is 'the regulatory body that is responsible for parliament's budget and for administrative, organisational and staff matters.' 'The bureau includes the President, fourteen vice presidents, and five quaestors, who deal in consultative capacity with administrative and financial matters relating to the members and their statute.' Every two and a half years, new members of the bureau are elected. The president of the European Parliament also has to attend the