The scrutiny powers of the European Parliament, the only directly elected EU institution, are essential to promote democratic oversight of policy actions taken at EU level. Parliament has 10 main tools at its disposal to carry out its scrutiny function over the European Commission, as described below. This overview is a summary of the EPRS study on ‘The European Parliament’s oversight powers: Tools to scrutinise the European Commission’.
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