Еўрапейскі парламент і яго эвалюцыя ў працэсе еўрапейскай інтэграцыі

Abstract

The article is devoted to the legal status evolution of the European parliament. The author analyzes further ways of the European Union development and, as a consequence, the increase of the European parliament's role. The author compares the powers of national parliaments with the powers of the European parliament. Several theories of the two-chamber European parliament proposed by the European politicians and lawyers have been examined. The author thinks that the European Union development will result in a federal form of government. The classical structure of most federal parliaments is two chambers. The draft of the European Constitution does not eliminate this possibility for the European parliament in future.