Something to learn about European Parliament

After Visiting the Council of Europe, how could we have missed out an opportunity to visit the European parliament which in fact is just located in Strasbourg. Along with our visits to many cultural, musical and monumental places, this was the perfect opportunity to learn something with the political world especially the renowned parliament of many European countries. Personally, my interests don’t lie in the political sector and I have nothing to say about them, I gathered all my thoughts and tried to capture the political scenario of the Europe. As I walked across this huge building with the member flags that were showing the unity among the European countries, I was simply amazed to see how important it was to have cooperation between the different European nations. As we walked inside this lavish building, I could feel the patriotism of how people felt with themselves.
Moving on with the European parliament, it is the only directly-elected body of the European Union. With the members comprising of 736, the European Parliament are there to represent the citizen. The elections held once every five years by the voters’ right across the 27 member states of the European Union. There are generally 7 political groups who work together and help to achieve a positive result in the election process. The Building comprises of more than one thousand offices for staffs and administration and nearly three thousand people work every day. During office hours about 250 staffs and civil servants are seen working throughout the day. Furthermore, I came to know that the twelve starts on the European flag represented a symbolic flag which symbolized perfection. Altogether there are twenty three official languages that are spoken in the parliament. The Parliament organizes its work, through a system of specialized committees. The work of the European Parliament is important because in many policy areas, decisions on new European laws are made jointly by Parliament and the Council of Ministers, which represents Member States.
Parliament plays an active role in drafting legislation which has an impact on the daily lives of its citizens: For example, on environmental protection, consumer rights, equal opportunities, transport, and the free movement of workers, capital, services and goods. Parliament also has joint power with the Council over the annual budget of the European Union. It particularly focuses on the human rights and the democratic values throughout the world. The right to speak, read and write is basically what Parliament focuses on.
So after few hours of discussion with the concerned person at the Parliament, we finally ended our yet another interesting journey at the European Parliament. With some knowledge on how the Parliament functions and the important roles that they have been providing not only with the European nations but all around the world, we finally end our journey in the political world. Even though it was just a brief introduction to the European political world, this will definitely help much in the coming few years as most of students focuses on this particular field.