... the power to have a legislative input along with the Council in the Ordinary Legislative Procedure (OLP), a legislative process in the EU.4 The EP may exercise a veto power during the second reading or at the Conciliation Committee.5 It is probably be more accurate to say that it is not that veto power that allows for the EP to have a legislative influence, but ... limited to the initiation of legislation. The Commission, throughout the whole process of OLP, plays an active role. For instance, the Commission would scrutinize the EP's amendments after the second reading, before put forwa...

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... the heads of states, rather than from the people it represents. The EP's power in its capacity as a legislative body include, the right to be consulted, to call for a second reading (on issues which use the qualified majority voting system - hence generally issues with lower levels of national interest) and to block certain legislation. Significantly, the EP lacks the ability to ... ...

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