In these European elections the composition of the European Parliament is decided. A parliament that, like the national ones, is responsible for approving laws or budgets, but its functions are much more than that.

In these elections, the 720 representatives that Europeans will have, 15 more than in 2019, will be decided over the next five years, the duration of the legislature in Europe.

For example, after forming the parliament, those elected are in charge of examine the requests made by Europeans or the enlargement of the European Union, a very relevant issue of the European campaign given the proposal of several countries to enter the EU such as Turkey or several countries in the Balkan area.

In addition, it reviews trade agreements and exercises control over the rest of the institutions. In this process, you have the decision of who will be the new president of the European Commissiona position for which Úrsula Von de Leyen has already applied to repeat, and the different portfolios of the European executive.

Even after their election, they also have the function of reviewing the work carried out by the European Commission and the power to ask the body to prepare proposals for legislation.

Finally, another of the powers that the European Parliament has is to maintain a fluid conversation with the European Central Bank and debate the monetary policy to be adopted.