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.

Entschließung des Europäischen Parlaments vom 27. Juni 1963 über die Zuständigkeiten und Befugnisse des Europäischen Parlaments.

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.

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.

Dans un article du 28 octobre 2004, le quotidien allemand Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung analyse l'accroissement constant des pouvoirs du Parlement européen depuis sa première élection au suffrage universel direct.

In diesem Interview erläutert Hans-August Lücker, von 1958 an Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments, die wichtigsten Befugnisse, die dieser Institution bei ihrer Gründung verliehen wurden.

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.