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European Union: European Parliament

The European Parliament is the only directly-elected body of the European Union. The 785 Members of the European Parliament. They are elected once every five years by voters right across the 27 Member States of the European Union on behalf of its 492 million citizens. Parliament plays an active role in drafting legislation. 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. Website: www.europarl.europa.eu/

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	Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast)	20 December 2011
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: European Parliament \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Readmission Policy in the European Union	September 2010
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: European Union: European Parliament \| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
	Current challenges regarding respect of human rights in the fight against terrorism	28 April 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: European Union: European Parliament \| Document type: Thematic Reports
	Setting up a Common European Asylum System Study: Report on the application of existing instruments and proposals for the new system	2010
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: European Union: European Parliament \| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
	European Parliament resolution on women's rights in Afghanistan	24 April 2009
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: European Union: European Parliament \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	European Parliament resolution on the humanitarian situation of Camp Ashraf residents	24 April 2009
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: European Union: European Parliament \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	European Parliament resolution on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina	24 April 2009
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: European Union: European Parliament \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	European Parliament resolution on support for the Special Court for Sierra Leone	24 April 2009
Category: Policy Documents \| Publisher: European Union: European Parliament \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	European Parliament resolution on the evaluation of the Dublin system	2 September 2008
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: European Union: European Parliament \| Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations
	Minimum Standards for the Procedures for Granting and Withdrawing Refugee Status in the Member States - Assessment (Summary) of the Implementation of the 2005 Procedures Directive (PD) and Proposals for a Common European Regime of Asylum	September 2008
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: European Union: European Parliament \| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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