Report presented on 19 November 1954 by Pierre-Henri Teitgen concerning the powers of scrutiny of the Common Assembly and their use.

Common Assembly Resolution of 2 December 1954 concerning the powers of the Common Assembly and their use.

European Parliament resolution of 27 June 1963 concerning the powers and responsibilities of the European Parliament.

Report of the Working Party examining the problem of the extension of the powers of the European Parliament of 25 March 1972.

Published in a special supplement to La Voix du Luxembourg of April/May 2003 devoted to the European institutions within the Grand Duchy, this article sets down the three main functions of the European Parliament: its legislative power, its budgetary power and its power of executive control.

A few days before the June 2004 European elections, the leader in the daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort reminds its readers of the not insignificant powers of the European Parliament in an attempt to encourage them to turn out and vote.

During an interview published on 6 June 2004 in the French daily newspaper Le Monde, the chairmen of three political groups in the European Parliament discuss the role and powers of the institution.

Le 13 juin 2004, le quotidien français Le Monde met en avant le renforcement des pouvoirs du Parlement européen prévu dans le projet de traité constitutionnel de la Convention européenne.

On 28 October 2004, the German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung considers the constant increase in the European Parliament’s powers since its first election by direct universal suffrage.

In this interview, Hans-August Lücker, first elected Member of the European Parliament in 1958, outlines the main powers granted to this institution upon its establishment.

In its resolution of 7 May 2009, the European Parliament welcomes the fact that the Treaty of Lisbon considerably increases its powers and responsibilities.

In this interview excerpt, Gérard Deprez, Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999 (European People’s Party (EPP)), from 1999 to 2004 (Citizens’ Movement for Change (MCC)), from 2004 to 2009 and since 2014 (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)), describes the gradual increase in the powers of the European Parliament within the EU institutional triangle and the impact of this empowerment on the Members of the European Parliament and their working methods.

In this interview excerpt, Gérard Deprez, Member of the European Parliament from 1984 to 1999 (European People’s Party (EPP)), from 1999 to 2004 (Citizens’ Movement for Change (MCC)), from 2004 to 2009 and since 2014 (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)), discusses the most notable fields in which the European Parliament’s powers have increased since the entry into force of the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993.