CPO-3101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: European Parliament
6 Apr 2018
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In original blueprint for ecsc; monnet did not include any parliamentary body; in an attempt to make the new community more democratic, treaty of paris added parliament. Until sea reforms; ep didn"t function as a legislative body. Ep"s role was restricted to giving opinions which the council could ignore. The european parliament is made up of 751 members elected in the 28. Since 1979 meps have been elected by direct universal suffrage for a renewable five-year period. Seats are allocated on the basis of population of each member state. The european parliament began its life in 1952 as the common. It initially consisted of 78 members appointed by the national legislatures of the six ecsc member states. Treaties of rome transformed the ca of the ecsc to european. In 1962 the assembly was renamed the european parliament. Only pro-european legislators volunteered for appointment to the.
