The European Parliament meets annually, starting on the second Tuesday in March.
Extraordinary part-sessions may occur if the European Council, the European Commission or a majority of the MEPs request it.
[Source: Article 229 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union]
The Commissioners meet every Wednesday in Brussels. However, during the European Parliament's plenary sessions, their meeting is held on Tuesday in Strasbourg.
They meet in both locations. They meet in both locations.
Officially Strasbourg in France, but it also sits some of the time in Brussels in Belgium. The Secretariat of European Parliament is based in Luxembourg.
every decade
The European Parliament meets annually, starting on the second Tuesday in March. Extraordinary part-sessions may occur if the European Council, the European Commission or a majority of the MEPs request it. [Source: Article 229 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union]
Brussels in Belgium and Strasbourg in France
European Parliament was created in 1952.
Members of European Parliament or MEPs
the European union parliament decisions is taken jointly by the European parliament and council
European Parliament Council of Ministers European Commission
Broadly, the citizens of the European Union control the European Parliament because their representatives in Parliament are ultimately accountable to them. Specifically, the President of European Parliament controls Parliament. The President is elected by the Parliament itself every 2.5 years and the current President is Martin Schulz.
The President of the European Parliament, currently Martin Shulz