European Parliament
Rue Wiertz/Wiertzstraat 60
Phone: fax: +32/2 284 35 30
About
The European Parliament (abbreviated as EU Parliament or the EP ) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council) and the European Commission , it exercises the legislative function of the EU. The Parliament is composed of 751 (previously 766) members , who represent the second largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India ) and the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world (375 million eligible voters in 2009).