European Parliament THE PRESENTATION OF PARTICIPANTS FROM ESTONIA

European Parliament THE PRESENTATION OF PARTICIPANTS FROM ESTONIA

A little about EU 28 member states area of over 4, 300, 000 km 2 over 508 million people

Main aims free movement of people, goods, services, and capital enact legislation in justice of member states support common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development

Member states Founders 1973 1995 Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Finland, Sweden 2004 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia 2007 2013 Bulgaria, Romania Croatia

How become a member? Copenhagen criteria a stable democracy that respects human rights and the rule of law a functioning market economy the acceptance of the obligations of membership, including EU law

European Court of Auditors European Central Bank Court of Justice of the EU European Commission European Parliament Council of the EU European Council Governance of EU

European Parliament the legislative function of the EU Meeting place Brussels (Belgium), the city of Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and Strasbourg (France)

Members of the EP (MEPs) 750 voting members at any one time

Degressive proportionality 6 seats 96 seats BUT Maltese voters have roughly 10 x more influence per voter than citizens of the six large countries!

Degressive proportionality National apportionment of MEP seats

I think that each country should have the equal number of representatives in EP I think that 751 deputies are too much for EP I want to become a representative from my country in EP

Deputies of the EP Code of Conduct for MEPs Members shall act solely in the public interest and conduct their work with disinterest, integrity, openness, diligence, honesty, accountability and respect for the EP’s reputation. The Code of Conduct also puts defines conflicts of an obligation on interest and how Members to Members should submit a detailed address them and declaration of it includes another their financial rules of behavior interests.

Individual powers and rights Ø the right to table a motion for resolution Ø the right to put questions to the Council of the European Union, the Commission, and to the leaders of the Parliament Ø the right to table an amendment to any text in committee Ø the right to make explanations of vote Ø the right to raise points of order Ø the right to move the inadmissibility of a matter

I think that a penalty - too small punishment for violation of Code of Conduct for MEPs I think that my country becomes better thanks to the EU I consider that the EU plays an important role in development of the world

Fractions of the EP EPP (215 seats) S&D (190 s) ALDE (70 s) ECR (74 s) GUE-NGL (52 s) Greens-EFA (50 s) EFDD (46 s) ENF (39 s) Non-Inscrits (15 s)

the popularity among voters – how many seats has the fraction the current composition - which countries are represented the ideology and the aims of the fraction

Elections to the EP the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world every five years since 1979 voting age is 18

Electoral system in EU Three restrictions to the electoral system The system must be a form The electoral area Any election of proportional may be subdivided if threshold on the representation, under this will not generally national level either the party list or affect the must not exceed Single Transferable Vote proportional nature of five percent. system. the voting system.

Wiki: List of members of the European Parliament, 2014– 19 How many and which representatives from your country do you have in the EP? Which parties of your country they respent and in which fractions of the EP sit now? On the basis of the first and the second points make 2 pie charts. The first will show percentage ratio of the parties. The second will show percentage ratio of the fractions of EP. Evaluate the results. Why did the voters in your country prefer these parties?

The influence of the EP Finance, environment, health, consumer protection, free movement of people, goods and services, agriculture, monetary policy, safety standards for food products, recognition of diplomas and qualifications, air and rail passenger rights, standards for bathing water, dealing with crisis. . . co-legislator depends EP and its decisions budget of the EU

Functions of the EP 3 main roles of EP Legislative Supervisory Budgetary • Passing EU laws, together with the Council • Deciding on international agreements and enlargements • Democratic scrutiny • Granting discharge • Examining citizens' petitions • Election observations • Discussing monetary policy • Establishing the EU budget, together with the Council • Approving the EU's long-term budget …

Сreate three most important for you ideas, which you would like to convey to the EP. It can be everything you want. It can be seriously or comic – you don’t have any rules.

www. kahoot. it 1. YOU JOIN THE GAME – write the game-pin, that you see on the MAIN SCREEN and create own nickname. 2. ANSWERING QUESTIONS – the questions you see 5 second on the MAIN SCREEN. The 4 answers you see on the MAIN SCREEN too. On your screen you see 4 ANSWER-BUTTONS. Press the correct answer. The faster you answer correctly, the more points you get!

Thank you for attention!