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The @Telegraph is wrong to say MEPs represent a zombie Parliament.

They are chosen by you, the electorate, and work (yes, work) for a fully active and responsive legislature. #EPfactsUK Thread.
The European Parliament is jointly responsible for passing nearly 90% of new EU law.

See p.33 here ➡️ epgencms.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/upload… #EUlaw 2/
The current Parliament has passed 1128 legislative files since it first sat in July 2014.

See statistics here ➡️ europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/c… 3/
MEPs know how much their work matters to you and why ➡️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #MEPs 4/
Your MEPs ELECT the Commission President, who is of the same political hue as largest group in European Parliament. 5/
MEPs can also sack the whole Commission ➡️ europarl.europa.eu/EPRS/Commissio… 6/
🇪🇺🇬🇧 The European Parliament must and will give its final consent to any deal with the UK on Article 50. #Brexit #Article50 7/
And next time someone tells you about being governed by unelected bureaucrats, remember that you get a say in who your next MEPs are – vote in the European Parliament elections on 23-26 May End.

thistimeimvoting.eu #EUElections2019 #thistimeimvoting
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Just a reminder: the European Parliament has so far commissioned from experts dozens of impact assessments or studies on #Brexit in 14 broad fields. They don't necessarily constitute the EP's official position but are all free & available here: europarl.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/… Thread 1/6
They include studies on the areas in which the European Parliament has set red lines for its approval of any Article 50 deal, such as #citizensrights europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes… & the effect of #Brexit on the #peaceprocess in Northern Ireland europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes… 2/6
The studies on #Brexit also cover other critical topics such as the internal market and #consumerprotection europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes… and #financialservices europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes… 3/6
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Roger Bootle of @telegraph is mistaken about the European Parliament. We explain why. Thread
The EP is directly elected by the people. Not every legislative body can say that. 1/
It is jointly responsible for passing nearly 90% of new EU law. See p.33 here: epgencms.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/upload… 2/
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